Il viaggio fatto da gli Spagniuoli atorno a'l mondo
A 1536 Venetian printing of an account of the Spanish voyage around the world, published by L. Giunta and held by the John Carter Brown Library, presented here through its decorative marbled binding. The picture shows a red, yellow and green marbled paper cover with a gold-tooled border and a central armorial bookplate bearing a crest, shield and motto with the owner's name, John Carter Brown, beneath. A designer might take from it the rhythmic scalloped marbling pattern, which suggests warm layered colour and handmade texture, and the framed centred label as a classic layout device.
