Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia libri sex, Ioanne Ruellio Suessionensi interprete, nunc primum ab ipso Ruellio recogniti, & suo nitori restituti
This is a 1537 Paris edition of Dioscorides' Greek herbal on medicinal materials, printed by Simon de Colines and translated into Latin by Jean Ruel for physicians and botanists. Its two pictures are decorated woodcut initials, one an ornate I-shaped capital and one an S set in dense interlaced foliage and scrollwork, offering designers a model for historiated letters and Renaissance border ornament.
