Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti moderni : scritte, e dedicate alla maestà di Vittorio Amadeo, Re di Sardegna
Lione Pascoli's Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti moderni, a collection of biographies of recent Italian artists printed by Antonio de' Rossi in Rome in 1730 and dedicated to Victor Amadeus of Sardinia, aimed at patrons, collectors and connoisseurs. The 33 plates are woodcut initial letters in square frames, each letter climbed or held by a plump putto among curling acanthus, fruiting branches and drapery, usable as drop caps, monograms, or sources for scrollwork and figure motifs.
