La commare o raccoglitrice dell' eccellentissimo signor Scipion Mercurio ... divisa in tre libri
A 1654 Italian midwifery treatise by Girolamo Mercurio, printed in Verona by Antonio Rossi and brothers, aimed at midwives and practitioners of childbirth. The pictures are woodcut decorative initials, mostly a large capital H or a framed letter, with scrolling foliage, strapwork and a bearded figure in a crown set inside the letter; a designer could draw on their dense, carved border ornament and figure-in-letter device.
