Vita del P. Ignatio Loiola fondatore della religione della Compagnia di Giesu.
A 1586 Italian biography of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, printed in Venice by the Giolito press for a devotional readership. The pictures are repeated decorative headpiece and tailpiece bands of scrolling foliage, grotesque figures, masks and urns, with a row of printed letters below, offering a source for classical ornamental border and strapwork designs.




























