Francisci Marii Grapaldi De partibvs aedivm libellvs cvm additamentis emendatissimvs
A Latin treatise on the parts of the house and its architectural vocabulary, written by the Parma humanist Francesco Mario Grapaldi and printed there by Francesco Ugoletto in 1501 for scholarly readers. The plates are square woodcut initials cut white-on-black, with stippled grounds, rosettes, ivy leaves and paired dolphin forms, usable as drop caps, monograms, or tile-like repeating ornament.

























