Epvlvm a Clemente VIII. pont. opt. max. pavperibvs appositvm
A Latin book printed in Rome in 1596 by Aloysius Zannettus, with text by Giuseppe Castiglione (died 1616) on a papal subject, apparently offered to the poor under Pope Clement VIII. The four pictures are decorative woodcut initials: an H with a flowering urn and a bearded face, two circular frames enclosing a grotesque mask with scrolling acanthus, and a D with a masked face among foliage, showing how a single letter can be built from vegetal and face motifs.
