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A 1586 Italian comedy printed in Venice by Altobello Salicato, written by Tiberio Lunardi and likely meant for a general reading public. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials, each a large letter framed by scrolling foliage, strapwork and tangled ornament, with hatched shading that gives the letterforms a carved, inked texture a designer could borrow for display capitals.
