Discorso della vecchia et nuova medicina, nel quale si ragiona delle cose ritrouate à nostri secoli, e particolarment dell'oro artificiale
A 1592 Italian medical treatise printed in Venice by P. Meietti, written by Giovanni Bratti on old and new medicine and artificial gold. The four pictures are woodcut decorative initials, large letters set in ornate foliage and scrollwork, placed beside the Italian text blocks. A designer could draw on their flowing acanthus leaves, inhabited capitals and framed letterforms for display lettering and borders.
