Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 5 (verso)

Publisher Matteo Pagano Italian
Binder Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd British

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Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice, bound by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, British, active London after 1821.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is separated into 2 sections: top is decorated with a diamond and a figure-8 below, and bottom is decorated with an alternating pattern of diamonds within black squares and 4-petaled flowers within dotted white squares. Middle column is decorated with series of diversely-patterned diamonds. Right column is separated into 2 sections: top is decorated with alternating pattern of squares ornamented with a circular motif and squares ornamented with a black diamond at each corner, and bottom is decorated with a set of ornamented sideways 'V's stacked upon one another.

Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 5 (verso), Matteo Pagano (Italian, 1515–1588)  , Venice, Woodcut

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