Della realtà & perfettione delle impresse / con l'essamine di tutte le openioni infino a quì scritte sopra tal' arte
Ercole Tasso's treatise on the making and theory of imprese, printed by Comino Ventura in Bergamo in 1612 for readers of emblem and device literature. The plates here are letterpress ornaments: square headpieces with a winged mask in a laurel wreath framed by heavy white scrollwork, and initial letters built from grotesque masks, foliage and vases, usable as spot ornament or drop caps.
