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Ripa, Cesare, 1560-1645, Castellini, Giovanni Zaratino, 1570-1641, Duke University. Library. Gilbert Collection · 1630 · Padoua, Per Donato Pasquardi · 7 pictures

Cesare Ripa's dictionary of allegorical personifications, enlarged by Giovanni Zaratino Castellini and printed at Padua by Donato Pasquardi in 1630, compiled as a reference for painters, poets, sculptors and emblem-makers. The scanned pages yield letterpress woodcut ornament: strapwork headbands with winged putti blowing horns and a mask flanked by feathered wings, a footed vase of fruit and laurel supported by snails, and a foliate initial L.

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