Caspari Bartholini thom. f. De inauribus veterum syntagma ; accedit mantissa ex Thomae Bartholini miscellaneis medicis De annulis narium
A 1676 Latin treatise on ancient earrings and nose rings, written by Caspar Bartholin and published in Amsterdam for scholars and antiquarians. The pictures are woodcut decorated initials and engraved plates of ancient coins, with a designer taking away the sturdy, scrolling capital letters and the crisp line-engraved coin portraits.














