De praxi medica ad priscam observandi rationem revocanda, libri duo. Accedunt dissertationes novae. I. De anatome, morsu, et effectibus tarantulae ... II. De usu et abusu vesicantium. III. Experimenta varia anatomico-infusoria. IV. De circulatione sanguinis in rana. V. Historia morbi, et sectionis cadaveris Marcelli Malpighii. VI. Appendix de apoplexiis
A Latin medical treatise by Giorgio Baglivi, published in Leiden in 1700, aimed at physicians and medical students, covering practice, tarantula bites, blistering agents and anatomy. The three pictures are small printed ornaments: two matching bands of foliage and fruit with ribbon-like tendrils, and a large decorative initial M set in a framed box with a fine engraved background. Designers could take the dense, woodcut-like botanical border motif and the contrast between a bold letter and light Latin text for headers, dividers or title-page framing.
