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Dolce, Lodovico, 1508-1568 · 1554 · In Vinegia : Appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari et fratelli · 19 pictures

A 1554 Venetian collection of Italian letters gathered by Lodovico Dolce and printed by Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari and brothers for scholarly readers. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, with a letter framed by interlacing scrollwork, grotesque bearded and masked faces, and foliage that a designer could adapt for decorative capitals and borders.

Italian letters

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