Libro di m. Pyrrho Ligori napolitano, delle antichità di Roma, nel qvale si tratta de' circi, theatri, & anfitheatri
A 1553 antiquarian treatise on the circuses, theatres and amphitheatres of ancient Rome by the Neapolitan artist and antiquary Pirro Ligorio, printed in Venice by Michele Tramezino for scholars and architects studying Roman ruins. The plates indexed here are small woodcut initials, some framed squares filled with vine scroll, grape clusters and climbing putti, others open letters set against masonry arches with reclining nude figures, usable as drop caps, decorative letterforms or foliate scrap ornament.
