Descrittione di tutta Italia
Descrittione di tutta Italia is a 1550 Italian geographical description of the Italian peninsula by Leandro Alberti, printed in Bologna by Anselmo Giaccarelli. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, each a large capital set against a small scene of figures, animals, or landscape. A designer could draw on their framed letterforms and compact vignettes as models for historical decorative initials and borders.
