Dissertazione accademica sul commercio degli antichi e moderni libraj
An 1787 Italian academic dissertation by Angelo Battaglini on the trade in books among ancient and modern booksellers, held by Heidelberg University Library from the Cicognara collection. The two pictures are engraved allegorical frontispieces: one a lettered title page with a cartouche and heraldic shield, the other a scene of putti and a seated female figure beside bookcases and printing materials, suggesting how bookish allegory can organise a page.
