Il Marescalco
Il Marescalco is a 1537 Venetian play by Pietro Aretino, printed in Venice by Giovanni Antonio de Nicolini de Sabio and held by the Getty Research Institute. The first picture is a framed title page with a woodcut bust portrait of the author in a richly ornamented border, and the second shows a large decorated initial letter beside running italic text, so a designer could take strapwork frames, a formal portrait bust and a bold display initial from them.
