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Theorica de virtvdes en coplas y con commento.

Castilla, Francisco de, Cormellas, Francisco de, d. 1565?, printer, Robles, Pedro de, printer · 1563 · en Alcala : Impresso en Alcala en casa de Francisco de Cormellas y Pedro de Robles. Venden se en casa de Luys Gutierrez Librero, en Alcala · 7 pictures

A 1563 Spanish devotional verse treatise on the virtues, printed at Alcala by Francisco de Cormellas and Pedro de Robles, with a commentary, and sold through Luys Gutierrez. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials: a seated child-like figure beside a P, a rider on a horse in an L, a bird and a dragon-like creature in twined foliage in an S, and a beast among scrolling leaves in a D. A designer could take from them the dense, hand-cut vine borders and the way figures are packed into a letter's counter.

Catholic Church · Marriage · Virtues · Happiness

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