Libro general delas reduciones de plata, y oro de diferentes leyes y pesos ... con otras reglas. y auisos muy necessarios para estos reynos del Piru ..
A 1597 Spanish-language reference book of silver and gold conversion tables and mining rules, printed in Lima by A. Ricardo for the Viceroyalty of Peru, by Juan de Belveder. The pictures are repeated decorative initial letters, an capital E in a square frame, each with interlaced scrolls, a bird perched among leaves, and a flowering sprig, printed in woodcut-style black ink on paper. A designer could draw on these as a template for historical monogram or drop-cap lettering with foliate and bird ornament.
