La Venetia edificata : poema eroico
La Venetia edificata is a 1624 Italian heroic poem by Giulio Strozzi, printed in Venice by the Pinelli press and set in the city's history. Its pages open with a framed ARGOMENTO summary in italic-style roman type, each stanza enclosed by an ornate woodcut border of figures, scrollwork and cherubs. A designer could draw on these bordered text panels, with their symmetrical strapwork and figures standing in the side columns, as models for decorative framing and title-page layout.
