Baptiste Fulgosi de dictis factisq[ue] memorabilibus collectanea

Fregoso, Battista, 1453-1504 · 1518 · [Paris] : Prostant in ædibus Gallioti du Pre commorantis supra pontem Nostræ Domine ... · 16 pictures

A 1518 Paris printing of Battista Fregoso's Latin collection of memorable sayings and deeds, a humanist compendium of anecdotes drawn from classical history for scholarly readers. The pages are dense blocks of black-letter type with large woodcut historiated initials, decorated capitals with figures set into their frames, and running headings, offering a designer ornamental initials and tightly set text colour.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

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