Significato de i colori e de' mazzolli
A 1595 Venetian printed book, Significato de i colori e de' mazzolli, by Fulvio Pellegrino Morato of Mantua, published by Michele Bonibelli for readers interested in color symbolism and flowers. The title page is set in roman capitals with a decorative woodcut ornament of interlaced scrollwork and a central cartouche below the imprint. A designer could take its symmetrical centred layout, mixed capital lettering and ornamental emblem as a model for period typographic hierarchy.
