Blondi Flavii forliviensis De Roma trivmphante libri decem : priscorum scriptorum lectoribus utilissimi, ad totiusq[ue] Romanae antiquitatis cognitionem pernecessarij : Romae instauratae libri III -- Italia illvstrata -- Historiarum ab inclinato Rom. imperio decades III : omnia multo quàm antè castigatiora
A 1531 Basel printing by the Italian humanist Biondo Flavio, a scholarly history of ancient Rome and Italy aimed at classical scholars and readers of antiquity. The pictures are small woodcuts: a printer's device of two crowned serpents twisted around a staff with a bird, flanked by grotesque figures, and an ornate initial A holding a scene of figures beside a brick tower and classical columns, which a designer could use for historic emblem or decorative capital ideas.
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