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Jacobi Lopidis Stunicae Itinerarium ab Hispania vsq[ue] ad vrbem Romanã : in quo multa varia ac scitu dignissima cõtinent̃

López de Zúñiga, Diego, -1530 · 1521 · Impressum Romae in Campo Florę : Per Marcellum Silber als Franck · 1 picture

A 1521 travel account printed in Rome by Marcellus Silber, written by Diego López de Zúñiga, a Spanish scholar, recording a journey from Spain to Rome for a learned readership. The single picture is a woodcut title page: a heraldic shield with a diagonal bar, framed by interlaced knotwork and ornamental scrollwork, set beneath a dense block of black-letter type, offering a designer a model for bold geometric framing and early printed ornament.

Voyages and travels

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