The historye of Italye : a booke exceding profitable to be red: because it intreateth of the astate of many and dyuers common weales, how they haue bene, and now be gouerned
The Historye of Italye is a 1561 history of Italian city-states and republics, written by William Thomas and printed in London by Thomas Marshe for English readers interested in government and politics. Its pictures are small woodcut initial letters with figures, foliage and scrollwork set inside square frames, useful to a designer looking for compact decorative capitals and Renaissance ornament.
