Aquila parentalis, sive, Funebris apparatus in funebre comitis Alberti de Grassis Bononiae senatoris, et Collegij Montis alti vice protectoris : eminentissimo ac reverendiss. Principi S.R.E. Cardinal Pallotto
A 1663 Bolognese funeral oration by Giacomo Monti, printed by Iacobi Montij in Bologna, commemorating senator Alberto de Grassi and dedicated to Cardinal Pallotto. Its woodcut headpieces and tailpieces show winged putti, scrolling acanthus-like ornament, a crown and a flourished ornamental cartouche, which a designer could borrow for classical-revival or memorial borders, dividers and decorative capitals.










