De C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Novocomensis Testamentaria Inscriptione Mediolanensibus Adserta Et Illustrata Dissertatio
A 1773 scholarly dissertation on a Roman inscription of Pliny the Younger, printed in Milan and aimed at Milanese scholars and antiquarians. Its pages carry woodcut decorative initials and ornaments in the Renaissance manner, with a large S, a historiated T set among acanthus scrolls and a fleuron of roses and ribbons. For a designer, these show how interlaced ribbon work, flowing acanthus and cut-letter initials can be built into a display letterform.
