Palatino

[AndyT]

As a complement to Arrighi's Operina posted by Ellen, here's another major text on early Italic:

Libro di M. Giovambattista Palatino cittadino romano : nelqual s'insegna à scriuer ogni sorte lettera, antica & moderna, di qualun que natione, con le sue regole, & misure, & essempi : et con vn breve et vtil discorso de le cifre

[tintenfuchs]

Unfortunately, the link leads to the archive main site, but thanks for sharing!

[AndyT]

Weird: works for me.  Try this:

https://archive.org/details/librodimgiovamba00pala