Title: Ornamental initials
Description: This catalogue assembles, for the first time since the sixteenth century, the entire collection of decorative initial letters that Christopher Plantin acquired to embellish his magnificent books. Fifty-eight different series of initials are reproduced here in their original size, and many are also shown in facsimile pages of Plantinian Books. -- vendor description.
Subjects: Imprints, Initials, Printing, Specimens
Places: Antwerp, Antwerp (Belgium), Belgium
People: Christophe Plantin (ca. 1520-1589)