L. Celij Lacta[n]tij Frimiani chritstiano[rum] eloquentissimi De opificio Dei, vel, Formatione homin

Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320, author, Officina Liberorum Quentell, printer · 1506 · Colonie : In Officina Que[n]tell · 1 picture

A 1506 Latin treatise by the early Christian writer Lactantius, printed in Cologne by the Quentell workshop for scholars and clergy reading theology and natural philosophy. The picture is a title page in heavy blackletter capitals and roman type, with a large decorated opening line and tightly justified text, offering a designer a model for dense, hierarchical early print typography.

Embryology, Human · Human reproduction · Gynecology · Human physiology

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