De urinis et pulsibus : de missione sanguinis, de febribus, de morbis capitis, et pectoris
A 1698 Latin medical treatise on urine, pulse, bloodletting, fevers and diseases of the head and chest, by the Italian physician Lorenzo Bellini (1643-1704), printed at Frankfurt and Leipzig for a learned medical readership. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials in black ink on tan paper, built from scrolling foliage, flowers, and interlaced stems, which suggest vintage ornamental letterforms a designer could adapt for headers or drop caps.
