Antiquae Romae topographia : libri septem
Antiquae Romae topographia is a 1534 topographical study of ancient Rome by Bartolomeo Marliani, printed in Rome by Bladus and aimed at scholars of Roman antiquities. Its pictures are woodcut decorative initials, a printer's device of a bird above a draped cloth, and a heraldic cardinal's shield with a rampant lion and tasselled hat, all set in dense black-letter Latin text; a designer could draw on the interlaced letterforms and compact armorial framing for historical display type and emblem-style panels.
