Gli straccioni : comedia
Gli straccioni is a 1628 Italian comedy by Annibal Caro, printed in Venice by Gio. Battista Combi, and these four decorative woodcut initials and a small framed medallion show the ornamented letter blocks typical of early seventeenth-century Venetian printing. The letters P, I, and S are built from interlaced scrollwork, foliage, and a small figure, offering a designer models for ornamental drop caps and bold framed monograms with dense black-and-white linework.
