Rerum patriæ
Rerum patriæ is a Latin historical or antiquarian work printed at Milan in 1625 by Giovanni Battista Bidelli, drawing on the Biblioteca Ambrosiana's holdings and now held by Duke University Libraries. The four pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, the large I, P, I and S set in dense black ornamental frames with foliage and scrollwork, offering a designer historical models for ornamental capitals and chapter openings.
