Discorsi intorno a diverse cose natvrali
Discorsi intorno a diverse cose natvrali is a 1628 natural history book by Francesco Imperato, printed in Naples by the Stamperia di Egidio Longo for a scholarly readership. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials and a cartouche of scrolling acanthus, grotesque masks and a rampant lion, showing how early modern printers built ornament from leaves, volutes and figures that a designer could adapt for display lettering or frames.
