Vlyssis Aldrovandi patricii Bononiensis De quadrupedibus solidipedibus volumen integrum
A 1639 natural history treatise on hoofed quadrupeds by Ulisse Aldrovandi, a Bolognese naturalist, printed in Bologna for scholars and naturalists. Its pictures are small woodcut decorations: a grotesque bracket ornament, a historiated initial P, a classical urn with swags, and a strip of foliage with figures, offering designers period ornament to adapt for borders and headings.






