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Descrittione di tvtta Italia di F. Leandro Alberti bolognese : nella qvale si contiene il sito di essa, l'origine, & le Signorie della Città, & de i Castelli, co i nomi antichi, & moderni, i costumi de' popoli, le conditioni de i paesi : et piv, gli hvomini famosi, che l'hanno illustrata, i Monti, i Laghi, i Fiumi, le Fontane, i Bagni, le Minere; con tutte l'opere marauigliose in lei dalla Natura prodotte

Alberti, Leandro, 1479-1552 · 1553 · In Vinegia : Per Giovan Maria Bonelli · 12 pictures

Descrittione di tvtta Italia, a 1553 Venetian printed geography of Italy by the Bolognese friar Leandro Alberti, published by Giovan Maria Bonelli for readers interested in Italian cities, customs and natural wonders. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each letter framed and filled with figures in landscape, such as a centaur-like rider, a horned figure, a man fishing, and a figure among rays of light, useful for designers seeking compact decorative capital letters with lively vignettes.

Italy -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 · Italy -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 · Italy -- History

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