Abcedario pittorico : nel quale compendiosamente sono descritte le patrie, i maestri, ed i tempi, ne' quali fiorirono circa quattro mila professori di pittura, di scultura, e d'architettura : diviso in tre parti ...
Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi's Abcedario pittorico, printed by Costantino Pisarri in Bologna in 1704, is an alphabetical biographical dictionary of some four thousand painters, sculptors, and architects, compiled for collectors, dealers, and connoisseurs. Its woodcut initials set heavy roman capitals against landscapes of foliage, grass tufts, ruins, and cottages, giving designers a set of square decorated letters with fine hatched skies.
