L'Alceo : favola pescatoria

Ongaro, Antonio, 1569-1599, Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612, Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Aminta · 1614 · In Ferrara : Per Vitt. Bald. stamp. cam. · 8 pictures

L'Alceo, a pastoral fishing fable by Antonio Ongaro, printed in Ferrara in 1614 with Battista Guarini and Torquato Tasso's Aminta among its related texts. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, each set in a square or ornamental frame, with a putto-like figure in one and foliage scrolls in others, useful to a designer seeking historical borders, initials, and ornament.

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