Historia della guerra fra Turchi, et Persiani

Minadoi, Giovanni Tommaso, 1545-1618, author, Corrado, Mario, Muschio, Andrea, printer, Barezzi, Barezzo, approximately 1560- printer · 1594 · In Venetia : Appresso Andrea Muschio & Barezzo Barezzi · 21 pictures

A 1594 Venetian history of the Ottoman-Persian war by Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi, printed by Andrea Muschio and Barezzo Barezzi for readers of Italian history and current affairs. The pictures are woodcut decorated initials, a large letter I flanked by winged griffin-like creatures with dog-headed beasts and a letter S set on a woven basket amid scrolling foliage, birds and butterflies, showing how a designer can build an ornamental capital from figures and acanthus-like scrollwork.

Wars with Persia (Turkey : 1576-1639)

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