Il vermicello dalla seta, del Corsvccio da Sascorbaro : nvovamente venuto in luce
An Italian verse treatise on silkworms, written by Giovanni Andrea Corcucci and printed in Rimini in 1581 by Giovanni Simbeni for readers interested in silk production. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a framed letter with a figure scene inside, set beside a decorative strapwork border. A designer could take from them the compact vocabulary of letter-and-scene framing, with figures and animals tucked into the counters of large display letters.
