Nuova descrizione del Vaticano, o sia, della sacrosanta basilica di S. Pietro

Chattard, Giovanni Pietro, Mainardi, Girolamo, fl. 1732, Mazzoni, Vincenzo, Eredi Barbiellini · 1762 · In Roma : Per gli Eredi Barbiellini · 5 pictures

Giovanni Pietro Chattard's guide to St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican, printed in Roman by the Barbiellini heirs in 1762 for visitors and students of church architecture and its decoration. The images here are letterpress ornament: woodcut initials set in foliage or landscape grounds, acanthus headpieces, and a tailpiece of a flower basket among scrolls, usable as borders, drop caps and dividers.

Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament

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