Prodromo Delle Antichità d'Ercolano
Prodromo delle Antichità d'Ercolano is an 18th-century Italian antiquarian publication by Ottavio Antonio Bayardi, issued in 1752 and recording finds from the excavations at Herculaneum for scholars and collectors. Its pictures are small engraved ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, built from scrolls, shells, flowers, and a heraldic crest with a motto banner, which a designer could draw on for cartouches, dividers, and classical border motifs.
