D. Fernandi Vasqvii Menchacensis Pinciani ... Controversiarvm illvstrivm aliarvmqve vsv frequentivm libri tres : nvnc denvo longe qvam antea emendatius ac elegantius editi, iureconsultis omnibus summo vsui futuri
A 1572 Frankfurt edition of Fernando Vázquez de Menchaca's three books of legal controversies, printed for jurists and aimed at Roman law practitioners. The pictures are woodcut decorative initials and a strapwork ornament panel, with a grotesque-style figure in the M and a putto-like figure in an oval frame, offering a designer sixteenth-century ornamental lettering models and interlaced scrollwork.









