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Chorograffia : et breve historia universale dell'Isola de Cipro principiando al tempo di Noè per in sino al 1572

Lusignano, Stefano, 1537-1590, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · 1573 · In Bologna : Per Alessandro Benaccio · 19 pictures

This is a 1573 Italian chorography and universal history of Cyprus by Stefano Lusignano, printed in Bologna by Alessandro Benaccio and held in the John Adams Library. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials built from the letters N and I, each framing a figure or scene inside a bordered block with hatched backgrounds, giving a designer compact, period-style letter ornaments for display lettering or decorative capitals.

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