Rosario figvrato della Sacratissima Vergine Maria, Madre di Dio, nostra avocata
A devotional book on the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, written by Luis de Granada with an Italian translation by Andrea Gianetti, printed in Venice in 1578 by Gioanne Varisco and partners for Catholic readers. Its pictures are ornamental woodcut initials, each a large letter with figures, foliage and scrollwork filling the frame, showing how a historic letterform can be decorated with dense interlace and small human figures.
