Ioannes Baptista Masculi Neapolitani e Societate Iesu De incendio Vesuuii excitato xvij. Kal. Ianuar. anno trigesimo primo saeculi decimoseptimi libri X : cum chronlogia superiorum incendiorum, & ephemeride vltimi
A Latin treatise by Giovanni Battista Masculi, a Neapolitan Jesuit, printed in Naples in 1633 by the Roncalioli press, describing the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius for scholarly readers. Its pictures are woodcut decorative initials and small ornaments, with the first letter framed by foliage, grotesque figures, a cherub-like head, and a floral headpiece, offering designers historical ornamental lettering and border motifs in the Baroque manner.
