... Pars Romanae Vrbis Topographiae & Antiquitatum: Topographia Romanae Urbis iam inde ab V.C. ad nostra usque temporae maxime quando in summo flore fuit, accuratissima Plateae eiusdem cum aedificijs & magnificis structuris publicis, effigiate & ordine digestae, Descriptio ..
A 1597 Latin topographical and antiquarian work by Jean Jacques Boissard describing ancient Rome, with its plates engraved to show the city's buildings and monuments as they stood at the height of its glory. The pictures are copperplate engravings of Roman funerary altars, cinerary urns and sepulchral inscription tablets, each drawn as a clean isolated object with a framed, ruled text panel, offering a designer clear historical models of classical lettering layouts and stone ornament such as garlands, eagles and carved pediments.
