Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri
Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri is a 1635 Roman book of engraved portrait busts of famous military commanders, issued by the bookseller Pompilio Totti with text by Giulio Roscio and engravings after Aliprando Caprioli. The pictures are small, tightly cropped half-length profiles and three-quarter views of armoured men and rulers, set against plain hatched backgrounds with coats of arms in the corners, a format a designer could borrow for a historical gallery or a set of uniform character studies.
