Figure 118
Page from La Clori: Pignoni, Florence
From a copy in Harvard College Library (facsimile), Google Books (scan)
1626
Issued at Florence by Z. Pignoni in 1626. Its text is set entirely in italic, but in different sizes and with some roman head-lines. Furthermore, its prefatory matter is adorned with badly printed typographical ornaments, which add to its woeful appearance. The size of italic used for the text, and the roman capitals used in running head-lines, are too large for the page—a common fault in Italian printing as the seventeenth century went on.