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Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606 · 1605 · Antverpiæ : Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum · 21 pictures

A 1605 collection of Latin letters by the Flemish humanist Justus Lipsius, printed in Antwerp at the Plantin press for the bookseller Johannes Moretus. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials, each a large letter framed by grotesque figures, fauns, kneeling nudes, animals and foliage, which a designer could use as models for ornamental capitals and border work.

Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606

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