Opusculu de mirabilibus noue et veteris urbis Rome
A 1520 guide to the marvels of ancient and modern Rome, printed in Lyons by Francesco Albertini, a Florentine writer active 1493 to 1510, and aimed at Christian pilgrims visiting the city. The pictures are small woodcut vignettes: a bearded robed figure holding a scroll, a kneeling pair of clerics beneath a carved arch between columns, and decorative foliate initials with leafy scrolls and ornamental capitals a designer could borrow for borders and drop caps.
