Bernardini Telesii Consentini De natura iuxta propria principia liber primus et secundus
A 1565 Latin natural philosophy treatise by Bernardino Telesio, printed in Rome by Antonio Blado and aimed at scholars of physics. Its pictures are small framed emblems and decorated initials: an oval medallion of a phoenix in flames beneath a sunburst with the motto 'Solis, fit aeterna, digna ignibus', and woodcut letters containing figures such as a seated woman with scales and a winged man wrestling a creature. A designer could draw on the compact oval cartouche layout, the ornate border work, and the woodcut figures set inside capital letters.
