L'imperio vendicato
An Italian verse romance printed in Rome in 1690 by N.A. Tinassi, author Antonio Caraccio, held by Duke University Libraries, with a readership of literate Italian general readers. Its pictures are small woodcut decorations: large ornamental initial letters built from acanthus scrolls, grotesque figures and putti, plus a framed argument panel of curling strapwork and foliage around printed Italian verse, offering a designer ideas for historical initials, border framing and typographic ornament.
