Athanasii Kircheri è Soc. Jesu Latium. Id Est, Nova & Parallela Latii tum Veteris tum Novi Descriptio
Athanasius Kircher's 1671 Latium is a Jesuit antiquarian description of the Roman countryside, issued in Latin and Italian for scholars and travellers, with Joannes Janssonius van Waesberghe's plates. Its engravings show ruined Roman villas and arches, hillside towns and terraced landscapes, drawn as topographic views with dense, even hatching and labelled captions. A designer could take from them the look of 18th-century antiquarian topography: crisp line engraving, sepia-toned ruins, and tiered ground plans.
