Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori ed architettori
A 1906 Florentine edition of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, edited by Gaetano Milanesi and published by G. C. Sansoni, aimed at readers of art history. The picture is a single decorative initial S framed by ornate scrollwork, with bold black forms on a cream ground. A designer could take from it a strong monogram structure, with a large letter nested inside symmetrical curling foliage that works well for logos, bookplates and capitals.
