De Aloysii Cadamusti Itineribus ad terras incognitas
A 1515 Venetian printed account of Alvise Cà da Mosto's voyages to unknown lands, issued by the press of Marco Sessa at the expense of the Venetian Senate. The three scans show woodcut decorated initial letters with foliate ornament, and a printer's device with a crowned animal between floral sprays. A designer could draw on the dense vine-scroll initials and the heraldic emblem framed by plant motifs for historical borders and monograms.
