Vita dell'invittissimo, e sacratissimo Imperator Carlo V
This is a 1566 Venetian printed life of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by Alfonso de Ulloa, issued by the publisher Vincenzo Valgrisio for a general readership of the period. The woodcut initials are decorated letters, each framing a historiated scene inside its capital, such as a chariot and horses, a winged figure, a cherub in clouds, and a boar-like beast.
