Roma Illustrata, Sive Antiquitatum Romanarum Breviarum
A Latin antiquarian guide to Roman antiquities compiled by Justus Lipsius, Georg Fabricius and Antonius Thysius, printed in 1689 and aimed at scholars and readers of classical history. Its pictures are small woodcut and engraved ornaments, including a foliate initial, scrolled cartouches, and a radiating oval medallion, which a designer could borrow for decorative borders, capitals and ornamental frames.











