Il viluppo : comedia nova
Il viluppo is a 1547 Italian comedy by Gerolamo Parabosco, printed in Venice by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari for a reading public. Its pictures are small woodcut decorated initials, each framing a scene in a large letter I or S, with figures in 16th-century dress, horses, and a dragon-like beast, giving a designer compact, dense models for historical ornamental lettering.
