Libretto d'imagini e di brevi meditationi sopra li sette peccati capitali, e le virtù à loro contrarie : si da ancora vna breve cognitione de' vitij per fuggirli, e delle virtù per acquistarle
A devotional picture book of 1600 published in Naples by Gio: Iacomo Carlino, with engraved emblems by Luca Pinelli (1542-1607) and short meditations for Christian readers on the seven deadly sins and their opposing virtues. Each small oval plate sits in an ornate scrolled border, showing allegorical scenes of vices with demons, figures, and everyday settings, and a designer could draw on the framed oval composition, the dense cross-hatched line work, and the contrast of crowded street scenes against sky and architecture.
