Comparatione di Homero, Virgilio e Torqvato : et a chi di loro si debba la palma nell'heroico poema. Del quale si vanno anco riconoscendo i preceti:con dar largo conto de'poeti heroici, tanto Greci, quanto Latini & Italiani. Et in particolare si fà guiditio dell' Ariosto
A 1607 Italian literary treatise by Torquato Tasso comparing Homer, Virgil and Tasso on epic poetry, printed in Padua by Lorenzo Pasquati for scholars and readers of poetry. The pictures are four woodcut initials, a large O, I and two A's, set in flowing foliate scrolls with leafy knotwork and shaded strokes, a usable model for decorative capitals and historical border-style lettering.
