L'architettura pratica dettata nella Scuola e Cattedra dell'insigne Accademia di S. Luca
This Roman architecture treatise of 1831 by Giuseppe Valadier, issued under the Accademia di San Luca, was written as practical teaching material for students of architecture. Its pictures are plain black-and-white plates: a decorative title lettering block, a bishop's heraldic shield with tassels, a dense table of measurements in pounds and feet, and a sketched wooden chair with a draped cloth. A designer might take from them the classical lettering and heraldic ornament of the period, and the tabular layout of technical data.
