Early illustrated books : a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries (1917)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 146
ices the ground is black, with asimple design, mostly including a circle and a cross,outlined in white. The mark of Bazalerius de Baz-aleriis of Bologna and Reggio, taken from a copyof the Epistolae of Philelphus, printed by him in1489, shows this class of design in almost its 136 Early Illustrated… … These floral sprays become the chief feature in thedesign of Franciscus de Mazalis of Reggio, whoprinted from 1493 to 1504 ; though the initials,circle, and cross of the simpler devices are all re-tained. An even more beautiful example of this Italy—Italian Printers Marks 137 class of mark was used…
Illustrated books · Incunabula
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