Della espvgnatione et difesa delle fortezze di Gabriello Bvsca milanese libri due
Della espvgnatione et difesa delle fortezze is a 1585 Italian treatise on siege warfare and fortress defence by Gabriello Busca of Milan, printed in Turin by the heirs of Nicolò Bevilacqua. Its pictures are small woodcut initial letters, some framed, with figures set in landscapes and buildings, including a bearded man holding a shield beside a large letter M. A designer could take from them the compact, decorative use of a historiated initial, where a large letterform frames a small narrative scene.
