La falsa ripvtatione della fortvna : favola morale
A Venetian moral fable printed in 1596 by Giovanni Battista Ciotti, its woodcut decorative initials show ornamental capitals drawn from foliage, scrollwork and figures, a useful reference for Renaissance printed ornament. The large letters with curling acanthus leaves, interlace and small human figures suggest how decorative capitals framed text in late sixteenth-century Italian books.
