Laurentii Gambarae Brixiani De nauigatione Christophori Columbi, libri quattuor

Gambara, Lorenzo, approximately 1495-1585, Bonfadino, Bartolomeo, active 1583-1607, printer, Diani, Tito, printer, Cotugno, Domenico, 1736-1822, former owner, Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) · 1583 · Romae : Typis Bartholomaei Bonfadini, & Titi Diani, 1583. · 1 picture

Laurentii Gambarae's Latin verse epic on Columbus's voyages, printed in Rome in 1585 by Bartolomeo Bonfadino and Tito Diani for a Roman cardinal patron, the Cardinal Granvelle. The title page is set within a classical architectural frame, with a central cartouche, two nude putti flanking the text, and a bold display of capitals in descending sizes that a designer could borrow for typographic hierarchy and symmetrical page layout.

America · Columbus, Christopher · Discovery and exploration · Poetry

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