Le bravvre del Capitano Spauento : divise in molti ragionamenti in forma di dialogo
A 1607 Venetian Italian book of commedia dell'arte dialogues by Francesco Andreini, a printed text whose pages open with large decorative historiated initials. The four pictures are woodcut initial letters framed in foliage, showing a face with plumed headdress, a griffin-like beast, and an urn, which a designer could use for ornamental capitals and border-framed letterforms.
