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A 1598 Florentine printed edition of works by Giovanni Boccaccio, with commentary attributed to Nicolò Liburnio, issued by the Giunti press for readers of Italian literature. The four pictures are woodcut historiated initial letters, mostly large capital P's, with figures such as a seated bearded man, a tree, and a robed woman set inside the letterforms, plus one plain ornamental scrollwork initial. A designer could draw on their compact framing, where narrative figures and foliage are fitted into the body of a single display letter.
