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Natalis Comitis Mythologiae, siue, Explicationis fabularum libri decem : in quibus omnia propè naturalis & moralis philosophiae dogmata contenta fuisse demonstratur, nuper ab ipso autore recogniti & locupletati ; eiusdem Libri IV. de venatione ... Accessit G. Linocerij Musarum mythologia. Et anonymi Obseruationum in totam de diis gentium narrationem libellus

Conti, Natale, 1520-1582 · 1651 · Genevae : Sumptibus Petri Chouët · 7 pictures

Natale Conti's Mythologiae, a 1651 Latin treatise on classical myths printed in Geneva by Pierre Chouët for scholars and humanist readers. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initials framed in dense scrollwork, foliage and rosettes, with a few letters set among ornament; a designer might borrow the strapwork frames and leafy interlace for ornamental capitals.

Mythology, Classical -- Early works to 1800

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