Caroli Sigonii De antiqvo ivre civivm Romanorvm Italiae, provinciarvm, Romanae ivrisprvdentiae iudiciis, tum priuatis, tum publicis, eorúmque ratione libri XI : quibus Romani historici, oratores, iurisprudentes, locis innumerabilibus, ex abditis monumentis, explicantur : eivsdem de repvblica Atheniensivm, eorvmqve ac Lacedaemoniorvm temporibvs, libri qvinqvue ..
A 1576 Paris edition by the Italian scholar Carlo Sigonio, a scholarly treatise on Roman law and Athenian and Spanish... Lacedaemonian constitutional history, written for jurists and classical scholars. Its pictures are large historiated initials built from dense ornamental scrolls, foliage and figures, offering designers models for decorative capitals and border-filled letterforms.
