Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni
Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni is a 1781 Italian biographical dictionary of architects by Francesco Milizia, printed by the Stamperia Reale in Parma for readers of architecture and its history. Its single picture is a small engraved emblem: a circle of beads enclosing a wreath of laurel around a set of drafting instruments, compass, square and a rule laid over a tinted disc. A designer could take from it a compact model for a circular emblem or seal, with a wreath framing professional tools in fine engraved line.
