Discorsi della vita sobria
Discorsi della vita sobria is an Italian treatise on temperance and long life by Luigi Cornaro, printed in Rome in 1616 by Giacomo Mascardi for a general readership interested in health. The pictures are small woodcut and printer's ornaments, each a central grotesque or cherub-like face framed by scrolling acanthus, urns and pedestals, offering a designer compact classical decorative motifs for borders, dividers and vignettes.
