Problemata pathologica ...
A 1649 Latin medical treatise by Johann Ulrich Widholz, printed in Strassburg by E. Welper, held by the Wellcome Library and written for physicians and students. The single picture is a decorative woodcut initial letter with ornate scrollwork and foliage beside a page of dense black letterpress, showing how a large patterned capital can anchor a text block. A designer could take from it the contrast between intricate filigree ornament and plain roman type, useful for historical display headers and drop caps.
