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Imprese sacre con triplicati discorsi, illustrate & arricchite. Con le aggiuntione [sic] ultimamente fattevi dall'istesso autore et in questa terza impressione, con sei copiosissime tavole molto più che prima adornate

Aresi, Paolo, 1574-1644 · 1629 · In Venetia, Presso D. Pasquardi · 93 pictures

A third, expanded edition of Paolo Aresi's Imprese sacre, a Counter-Reformation emblem book of sacred devices with three discourses on each, printed in Venice by D. Pasquardi in 1629 for preachers drawing sermon material from images. The plates here are woodcut initials, letters built from thick black strokes and hemmed by curling acanthus, tulip-like buds, and small grotesque heads, with the page's letterpress showing faintly through; useful as drop caps, ornament fragments, and border motifs.

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