Natalis Comitis mythologiae, siue, Explicationum fabularum libri decem : in quibus omnia prope naturalis & moralis philosophi[ae] dogmata sub antiquorum fabulis contenta suisse demonstratur : cum locupletissimis indicibus eorum scriptorum, qui in his libris citantur, rerumq́ue notabilium, & multorum nominum ad fabulas pertinentium explicationibus : opus non tantum humanarum, sed etiam sacrarum literarum & philosophiae studiosis perutile, ac propè necessarium : cum priuilegio

Conti, Natale, 1520-1582 author · 1568 · Venetiis : [Comin da Trino] · 3 pictures

Natale Conti's Mythologiae, a Latin mythology handbook in ten books printed in Venice in 1568 for humanist scholars of classical and sacred letters. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a framed title page with a fountain at its centre, a fountain with three cherubs under a canopy labelled Venetiis, and a decorated initial C with a figure and a bird. A designer might borrow the strapwork frames, fountain motifs and grotesque cherub figures as period ornament.

Mythology, Classical · Mythology, Classical -- Early works to 1800 · Classical literature -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800 · Classical literature

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