Orazione del s.r Alessandro Gvarini, accademico intrepido, detto il Macerato : fatta in lode di D. Alderano Cybo, marchese di Carrara e recitata publicamente nell'Accademia
A 1609 Italian oration printed in Ferrara by Vittorio Baldini, delivered by Alessandro Guarini in praise of Alderano Cybo, marquis of Carrara, before the Accademia. The four pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a grotesque mask flanked by scrolling beasts, a fragmentary scroll with a laurel-like garland, a strapwork panel with a central figure and rosette cross, and a square initial with a face among interlaced foliage. A designer could draw on their dense black-and-white line work and symmetrical, framed composition for borders and headpieces.
