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La piacevole, et giocosa comedia di m. Andrea Calmo intitolata Il Saltvzza : non piv venvta in luce, cosa bellissima

Calmo, Andrea, approximately 1510-1571 · 1551 · In Vinegia : Appresso Stefano de Alessi ... · 6 pictures

A 1551 Italian comedy by Andrea Calmo, printed in Venice by Stefano de Alessi for a reading public, and set in dense black-letter-style roman type. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a framed capital letter filled with figures in a cut-line style, showing how a designer can pair a single decorative letter with a crowded text block.

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