Republica literaria,
A 1670 Spanish literary treatise, Republica literaria, printed in Alcala by Maria Fernandez and attributed to Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, for a readership of scholars and men of letters. The single picture is a decorative woodcut initial M, its letter cut in pale relief against a dense black ground with a tangle of foliage and scrollwork behind it, a useful model for bold letterforms and knotted ornament.
