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Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555 · 1547 · In Vinegia, Appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari · 268 pictures

A 1547 Venetian printed collection of letters by Claudio Tolomei, published by Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari for Italian readers, with a note on Italian spelling. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each letter framed around a scene of figures at work or in struggle, with dense parallel hatching that a designer could adapt for decorative capitals or engraved-style illustration.

Italian language

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