De lucernis antiquorum reconditis libb. sex : in quibus earum recens inuentarum adhuc ardentium obseruationes multae primum afferuntur ... : explicatis diligenter abditissimis quaestionibus de ignium causis, origine, varietate, duratione, motu, & extinctu, de antiperistasi, fumo, cinere, lentore, mistis incombustibilibus, brutorum funeribus, & alijs naturae arcanis ...
A 1652 Latin treatise on ancient oil lamps by the Paduan philosopher Fortunio Liceti, published in Udine and Padua, aimed at scholars of antiquity and natural philosophy. Its engraved plates show lamp forms from the front and side, with ornate handles, nozzles, relief decoration and pedestal bases, drawn in fine parallel hatching that a designer could use as a reference for classical object silhouettes and ornament.
