Della misvra dell'acqve correnti
Della misvra dell'acqve correnti is a 1660 Italian treatise on measuring flowing water, written by Benedetto Castelli (1577 or 1578-1643) and printed in Bologna by the Dozza heirs for a technical readership of engineers and land reclaimers. Its pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a framed decorative initial, and cartouches of scrolling acanthus, masks and a central flower, which a designer could borrow for border, header or ornamental panel work.
