De arthritide liber unus
A Latin medical treatise on arthritis by Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi, printed in Padua in 1602 by Franciscus Bolzetta, aimed at physicians and scholars. Its pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: symmetrical urns with foliage flanked by grotesque figures, a decorative initial D with scrolling acanthus, and a vase with masked handles. Designers might borrow the symmetrical urn layouts and carved scroll motifs for classical borders and dividers.
