De rebvs praeclare gestis a Sixto V. Pon. Max. : Io. Francisci Bordini I.C. et praesbiteri Ro. carminum liber primvs
A Latin verse book by Giovanni Francesco Bordini, a Roman jurist and priest, printed in Rome in 1588 by the Tornerij workshop to celebrate Pope Sixtus V. Its engravings are architectural and ceremonial: a kneeling figure presenting a book to an enthroned pope, an obelisk set before a Roman church, a monumental fountain with an inscription panel, and a papal audience in a tiled hall. Designers can draw on the framed layouts, the strict symmetry of the fountain facade, and the Baroque border ornament.
