Copiosissima parafrase di M. Alessandro Piccolomini, nel primo libro della Retorica d'Aristotele : con la tavola de i capi in quella contenuti, dalli argumenti de i quali potrà il lettore ageuolmente conoscere quanto utile, & necessaria lettione se gli appresenti
A 1565 Venetian printed commentary by Alessandro Piccolomini on Aristotle's Rhetoric, published by G. Varisco and company and aimed at readers of classical rhetoric. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials and decorative frames, with the letter S holding a dragon-like creature, the letter M framing soldiers, and a cartouche showing a mermaid-like figure, which a designer could borrow for compact decorative lettering and framed emblem layouts.
