Josephi Alexandri Furietti utriusque signaturæ referendarii, sacrarum congr. concilii, & residentiæ episcoporum a secretis De musivis, ad Ss. patrem Benedictum XIV. Pontificem Maximum
A Latin treatise on Roman mosaics by the papal official Alessandro Furietti, printed in Rome by Giovanni Maria Salvioni in 1752 and dedicated to Benedict XIV, aimed at antiquarians and collectors. The plates shown are engraved initial letters set in square frames, their strokes wrapped in acanthus scrolls, flower swags, eagles and grotesque masks, giving designers a ready set of ornamental capitals and small repeatable foliate motifs in fine line work.
