Le pubbliche pitture di Piacenza
A 1780 Italian guidebook to public paintings in Piacenza, written by Carlo Carasi and printed by Giuseppe Tedeschi near San Fermo for art lovers and travellers. Its single engraved title vignette shows a seated female figure with a palette, a cherub beside a pedestal bust labelled PADANA, and a winged figure holding a laurel wreath, with a trailing 'Con permissione' caption; a designer might borrow its neoclassical allegorical arrangement and the lettering on the plinth.
