Antiqvitates vrbis
Antiqvitates vrbis is a 1527 Roman antiquarian text by Andrea Fulvio, printed in Rome by Marcello Silber for readers interested in the city's ancient remains. The pictures are historiated woodcut initials, each a large letter set in a frame of foliage, flowers, birds and insects, with the letter cut in white against a dense black ground that a designer could borrow for decorative capitals.
