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 Italian artists printed by Antonio de' Rossi in Rome in 1730 and dedicated to Vittorio Amadeo of Sardinia, for readers and collectors of art history. The plates here are square woodcut initials in which naked putti clamber over the letterforms among acanthus scrolls, vines and birds, usable as drop caps or small ornaments.
