Prencipi Christiani
A 1601 Italian treatise by Giovanni Botero, published in Turin by G.D. Tarino, addressed to Christian princes and rulers. The four pictures are repeated woodcut initial letter A's, each a large letter framed by a pair of winged griffin-like creatures at the top corners, with a human-headed figure at upper right and foliate scrollwork below; the designer can take from them a dense, symmetrical framing device for a display initial.
