Gianicolo, Type specimen, 1529 (recto)

This specimen sheet features only a font of italic type, but in a visually attractive demonstration of its possibilities.

This specimen sheet features only a font of italic type, but in a visually attractive demonstration of its possibilities.

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Tolomeo Gianicolo, [Specimen sheet], Vicenza, 1529. (recto)

Houghton Library, TypTS 525.29.847 (public domain)

main features: book making printer's device
more details: Italian italic specimen sheet
format: broadsheet
place printed: Italy