Il svperbo torneo fatto nella regia città di Pavia, il carneuale del 1587
A 1587 Italian account of a tournament held during carnival in the royal city of Pavia, written by Ercole Cimilotti and printed in Pavia by Gieronimo Bartoli for a general readership interested in court festivities. The pictures are woodcut decorative initials in ornate interlace and a central oval cartouche framed by scrolls, figures and a lion, offering designers historical border and capital-letter models.



