Emin.mo ac Rev.mo Principi D. Alvaro e Soc. Jesu S. R. E. Cardinali Cienfuegos ...
A 1726 Milanese printed book, issued by the Malatesta press in Milan from the Getty Research Institute collection, made as a dedicatory volume of poetry for Cardinal Álvaro Cienfuegos, a Jesuit prelate, and his circle of scholars. Its pictures are engraved cartouches, scrolled frames and ornamental headpieces, with acanthus, shells, grotesque masks and cloud-filled landscapes in fine line. A designer could draw on their asymmetrical rococo scrollwork, mirrored foliage and framing devices for ornamental borders and title panels.
