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Il rimanente de le piacevole, et ingeniose lettere indirizzate a diuersi, con bellissime argutie. Sotto varii, et sottilissimi discorsi, dechiarati

Calmo, Andrea, ca. 1510-1571 · 1557 · Vinegia : Alessi · 28 pictures

A 1557 Venetian printed book of letters by Andrea Calmo, published by Alessi in Venice for a general Italian readership, as the title's 'diuersi' and 'piacevole' letters suggest. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials: a large F with a bearded figure riding a sea creature over wavy water, a C enclosing a seated man, and two M initials showing an embracing couple, with dense horizontal hatching that a designer could borrow for compact decorative capitals.

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