Thesavrvs artificiosae memoriae : concionatoribus, philosophis, medicis, iuristis, oratoribus, procuratoribus, caeterisq; bonarum litterarum amatoribus, negociatoribus insuper alijsq; similibus, tenacem ac firmam rerum memoriam cupientibus, perutilis : ac omnes sui amatores & possessores valde locupletans, insimulq; decorant : cum rerum c[ae]lestium atq; terrestrium tenax, ac tutum scrinium esse possit

Rosselli, Cosimo, d. 1578, Rosselli, Damiano, fl. 1578 · 1579 · Venetiis : Apud Antonium Paduanium, bibliopolam Florentinum · 82 pictures

A 1579 Venetian treatise on the art of memory, written by Cosimo Rosselli and Damiano Rosselli for preachers, philosophers, physicians, lawyers and merchants who wanted a firm memory. The four pictures are decorated woodcut initial letters C, E, D and I, built from scrolling acanthus leaves, rosettes and grotesque foliage inside square frames, and a designer could take their dense, symmetrical ornamental framing as a model for display capitals.

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