Valerius Max. Exempla quatuor et uiginti nuper inuenta ante caput de ominibus
A Latin edition of Valerius Maximus's collected exempla, printed in Venice in 1514 by the Aldine press and its father-in-law Andrea Torresani, aimed at scholars and classical readers. The single picture is a sparse printer's device with a crowned oval cartouche of rosettes and ribbons around a central emblem, with a small shield-like motif and a lower band of lettering set in a plain cream field, showing how early printers framed a mark with simple ornament for a designer to borrow from.
