Caroli Sigonii Historiarum de regno Italiae libri quindecim : ... qui libri historiam ab anno DLXX vsque ad MCC. continent. Accessit præter alias editiones, rerum memorabilium index locupletissimus
A Latin history of medieval Italy by the humanist Carlo Sigonio, printed in 1575 at Frankfurt am Main by Andreas Wechel and owned by John Adams, aimed at scholars and readers of Latin. Its pictures are small printed ornaments: scrolled strapwork and foliate cartouches, a diamond-shaped lozenge of interlaced tendrils, and a horizontal border of putti and grotesque scrollwork, all cut in bold black on a cream page, offering a designer reusable vintage frame, divider and panel motifs.
