Ioannis Pecqueti Diepaei Experimenta nova anatomica : quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea deteguntur ; Eiusdem Dissertatio anatomica de circulatione sanguinis, et chyli motu : accedunt clarissimorum virorum perelegantes ad authorem epistolae
Jean Pecquet's 1651 Paris anatomical treatise, printed by the Cramoisy brothers, sets out his discovery of the chyle receptacle and lacteal vessels for physicians and anatomists. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials with foliage, figures and animals, plus a plain engraved tube labelled A, B and C, which a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals or as a simple diagram motif.
