El Conde Lvcanor : Compuesto por el excelentissimo principe Don Iuan Manuel ... Dirigido por Gonçalo de Argote y de Molina, al ... Seņor Don Pedro Manvel ..
El Conde Lucanor is a 1575 Spanish prose collection of moral exempla by Infante Juan Manuel, printed in Seville by Hernando Díaz and edited by Gonzalo de Argote y de Molina for a noble patron. The pictures are the printer's woodcut historiated initials and ornamental capitals, framed blocks with interlaced foliage and scrollwork set beside the black-letter text. A designer could draw on their dense, symmetrical strapwork and leafy knotwork for decorative letterforms and borders.
