Notizie Istoriche Delle Chiese Fiorentine: Divise ne' suoi Quartieri: Del quartiere di S. Giovanni: 1
Giuseppe Richa's 1757 Florentine church history, the first volume on the San Giovanni quarter, printed in Italian for readers interested in Florence's churches and monuments. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a large letter framing a winged putto or cherub acting out a scene against a sketched landscape, with dense hatched backgrounds a designer could borrow for decorative capitals, border framing, or playful figure-in-letter lettering.
