Rime degl'illvstrissimi sig. academici Eterei. All'illustriss. & reuerendiss . sig. il signor Cardinale Scipione Gonzaga ... (1588)
A 1588 Italian poetry collection by the Accademia di Padova, dedicated to Cardinal Scipione Gonzaga, printed in Italy for a learned and aristocratic readership. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a grotesque mask strapwork band, a historiated initial H with a bearded head, a Q with a fountain or urn inside, and a headpiece with a lion mask between scrolls, useful for decorative borders, initials, and rules in period-style design.




























