Detti memorabili di personaggi illvstri
A 1674 Italian collection of memorable sayings of illustrious figures by Giovanni Botero, printed in Naples by Nouello de Bonis for a general reading public. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials and borders, including a large foliated letter and several floral-framed capital I's, offering a designer dense, hand-cut ornamental vocabulary for historical page furniture.









