Parere di Hercole Mariscotti patricio bolognese : se i concetti favolosi si debbano ammettere ne i corpi dell'imprese : problemma proposto nell' Academia de' Gelati all'istessa illustrissima Academia
A 1613 discourse by the Bolognese patrician Ercole Marescotti, addressed to the Accademia dei Gelati and printed in Bologna by the heirs of Giovanni Rossi, arguing whether mythological conceits belong in the imagery of emblems and devices. The plates are small letterpress woodcuts: figured initials holding classical figures on tiled pavements, foliate and scrolled capitals, a vignette of laborers under trees, and typographic flower borders, useful as drop caps, spot ornaments, and rule-and-border stock.
