Pratica di fabricar scene e machine ne' teatri
Pratica di fabricar scene e machine ne' teatri is a 1638 Italian treatise on building stage scenery and machinery, written by Nicola Sabbattini and printed in Ravenna for theatre builders and stage technicians. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, the large capital letters that open sections, with dense scrollwork, foliage and framed panels that a designer could adapt for hand-lettered headings, monograms or borders.
