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Dell 'istoria di Mantova, libri cinque : scritta in commentari da Mario Equicola d'Alveto. Nella quale cominciadosi dall'edificatione de esse città breuemente si raccontano tutte le cose più notabili successe di tempo in tempo cosi in pace, come guerra. Riformata secondo l'vso moderno di scriuere istorie

Equicola, Mario, 1470-1525, Osanna, Benedetto, ed, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · 1610 · Mantova : Per Francesco Osanna Stampator Ducale · 27 pictures

A 1610 Mantuan history of Mantua in five books by Mario Equicola, printed by Francesco Osanna, the ducal printer, and edited by Benedetto Osanna for a learned readership of the Gonzaga court and its scholars. The four pictures are historiated woodcut initials, each a large letter wrapped in dense acanthus and leafy scrollwork, offering designers a range of ornamental capitals for book openings and display type.

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