Geneologia de gli dei : i qvin deci libri
Genealogia de gli dei is a 1547 Venetian edition of Boccaccio's mythological encyclopedia, translated into Italian by Giuseppe Betussi and printed in Venice by Comino da Trino for a learned reading public. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a large letter framing a classical figure such as a winged figure, a kneeling man, or a draped woman, offering a designer compact, decorative capital-letter models.
