Il vero maneggio di spada
Il vero maneggio di spada is a 1660 Italian fencing manual by Alessandro Senese, printed in Bologna by the heirs of Vittorio Benacci for swordsmen and students of the blade. Its pages show a dedicatory opening to a Serenissima prince in decorative Italian type, a woodcut floral urn ornament, and a large historiated initial E. A designer could draw on the dense ornamental borders, the mix of roman capitals and italic script, and the carved flower-and-scroll vase.
