La prigione : comedia
A 1587 Italian comedy printed in Venice by the heirs of Marchiò Sessa, written by Borso Argenti of Ferrara, a play text rather than a picture book. The pictures are small woodcut decorations: a historiated initial V with a rope-like border, a large decorated A flanked by grotesque creatures, a seated cat inside a scrolled cartouche, and a roman display title with an italic line for the author, useful for designers studying Renaissance ornament and type hierarchy.
