Ritratto di Roma moderna
Ritratto di Roma moderna is a 1638 guide to early seventeenth-century Rome, written by Pompilio Totti and printed in Rome by Mascardi for Totti himself as a traveller's and pilgrim's handbook. Its pictures are small woodcut-style engravings: three coin-like roundels reproduce ancient Roman medal reverses with inscriptions and classical monuments, and a fourth bird's-eye view shows a palazzo and garden court, offering a designer ready models of antique emblematic medallions and Baroque architectural perspective.
