Firenze antica, e moderna illustrata
A multi-volume topographical and art-historical description of Florence, compiled by Vincenzio Follini and Modesto Rastrelli and printed in Florence from 1789 for local antiquarians and visitors; the copy scanned came from the library of Count Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani. The pages gathered here are its marbled binding papers, red and black combed and shell patterns veined with yellow and blue, useful as tiling backgrounds, cover stock, or endpaper texture.




