I secreti de la signora Isabella Cortese : ne'qvali si contengono cose minerali, medicinali, arteficiose, & alchimiche, & molte de l'arte profumatoria, appartenenti a ogni gran signora : con altri bellissimi secreti aggiunti
A Venetian book of secrets printed by Giovanni Bariletto in 1565, collecting mineral, medicinal, alchemical and perfumery recipes attributed to Isabella Cortese and addressed to gentlewomen. The ten images are small square woodcut initials in which figures, horses, goats and crowned kings act out scenes behind the letterform, giving designers coarse hatched backgrounds, letter-and-figure layouts and compact framed vignettes.
