Le minere della pittura : compendiosa informazione
Marco Boschini's guide to the paintings of Venice, printed by Francesco Nicolini in 1664 for collectors, travellers and connoisseurs seeking works church by church. The plates here are letterpress ornament: horizontal woodcut headbands of symmetrical acanthus scrollwork with grotesque masks, and inhabited initials, all in coarse black line that reproduces well as a rule, frame or drop cap.
