De i vizj, e de i difetti del moderno teatro e del modo di correggergli, e d'emendarli
An 18th-century Italian treatise on the faults of the modern theatre and how to correct them, written by Giovanni Antonio Bianchi and printed in Rome in 1753 by the Pallade press for a readership of playgoers, critics and literary men. Its pictures are small decorative headpieces and tailpieces: rococo scroll cartouches framing a bust, a trophy of musical instruments and garlands, and a Renaissance-style strip with putti and grotesque scrollwork, all useful for designers seeking ornament from the period.
