Relationi vniversali di Giovanni Botero Benese, diuise in quattro parti. Arricchite di molte cose rare, e memorabili, con l'vltima mano dell'auttore
This 1659 Venetian book, Giovanni Botero's Relationi universali printed by the Bertani press and expanded by Girolamo Brusoni, is a geography text for a general readership. Its pictures are small decorative woodcut initials, each a large letter set in a square frame filled with interlaced foliage, scrolls and leaf ornament, with the letter stacked in dark and light strokes. A designer could borrow these as compact framed capitals or as examples of Renaissance-style strapwork and leaf borders.
