Rime et imprese
Rime et imprese is a 1588 Italian collection of verse and emblematic devices printed at Ferrara by Vittorio Baldini, with Bernardino Percivallo named as author. The four pictured woodcuts are ornamental initial letters framed in scrollwork, plus a central oval armorial device showing an eagle over a bear with the initials B and P on ribbons. A designer could draw on their dense black-and-cream strapwork borders, decorative capitals, and heraldic cartouche layouts.
