Saggio di lingua etrusca e di altre antiche d'Italia, per servire alla storia de'popoli, delle lingue e delle belle arti dell'ab
Saggio di lingua etrusca is an 1824 Florentine work by the Italian antiquarian Luigi Lanzi, printed by Tipografia di A. Fofani and aimed at scholars of ancient Italy's peoples, languages and arts. Its plates show engraved gems and scarabs with figures in ovals, a table of alphabets, and vessels and instruments, all drawn in fine black line on plain paper. A designer could take from them the crisp oval framing, the compact figure poses and the sparse linear treatment of classical antiquities.
