Lezione, overo, Cicalamento di maestro Bartolino dal Canto de' Bischeri sopra'l sonetto Passere, e beccafichi magri arrosto
This 1605 Florentine printed work is a satirical commentary by Giovanni Maria Cecchi, published by Domenico Manzani in Firenze, on a sonnet by Francesco Berni about roast sparrows and thin figpeckers, aimed at literary readers. The title page's small woodcut shows a spit-roasting or cooking device with a figure at a crank, while the decorative blocks in the other pictures use stacked Italian inscriptions, a banner reading SOLLO, and a hand-cut cartouche with a fish or bird, which a designer could borrow for framing text.
