Vite de santi e beati toscani : de' quali infino à hoggi comunemente si ha cognizione
This is a 1627 Florentine book of lives of Tuscan saints and blessed persons, written by Girolamo Razzi and printed at the Sermartelli press in Florence for readers wanting knowledge of them. The pictures are small decorative woodcut initials, showing ornamental letter frames with foliage, scrollwork, mythical beasts and rosettes, offering designers examples of early seventeenth-century Italian letter ornament that can be adapted to borders and display lettering.
