Rosmilla : tragedia
Rosmilla is a tragedy in verse by Francesco Partini, printed in Venice in 1622 with no named publisher, and its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials and ornamental letters for readers of Italian drama. The initials show figures, animals and foliage framed in black borders with hatched shading, a compact vocabulary a designer could borrow for a decorative capital, a border, or a vintage print treatment.
