Lettere d'Isabella Andreini padovana, comica gelosa, et academica intenta : nominata l'accesa
Lettere d'Isabella Andreini is a 1612 Venetian printed collection of letters by the actress and writer Isabella Andreini, published by Sebastiano Combi and issued to a literate reading public. Its historiated initials are small woodcut scenes set inside decorative letter frames, with figures in dramatic poses and a few satyrs, a woman with a horse, and mounted riders. A designer could draw on their compact narrative framing, where a single letter shape holds a whole scene.
