Antiquitatũ variarũ volumina XVII
Antiquitatum variarum volumina XVII is a 1515 Latin history of the ancient world compiled by Giovanni Nanni (Annius of Viterbo) and printed in Paris by Jean Petit's associates Jean Paruo and Josse Bade for scholars and readers of antiquarian history. Its pages are dense black-letter and roman type blocks opened by large decorated initial letters with foliate scrollwork, and a designer could take from them the interplay of ornamental capitals with tightly set text columns.
