Joh. Baptistae Casalii ... De profanis et sacris veteribus ritibus: opus tripartitum; cuius prima pars agit de profanis Aegyptiorum ritibus, veluti deorum cultu, superstitione & idololatria ...; secunda pars agit de profanis Romanorum ritibus, vario scil. deorum cultu, diis, sacrificiis ...; tertia pars agit de sacris Christianorum ritibus, velut de imaginibus ecclesiae ...; accedunt indices capitum, rerum item & verborum copiosissimi & accuratissimi
Giovanni Battista Casali's 1681 three-part treatise on ancient pagan and Christian rites, printed for scholars of antiquity and Heidelberg's collections. The plates are engraved archaeological drawings of Egyptian figures and urns, Roman vessels and coins, medieval Christian thrones and crosses, and a classical statue beside a column. A designer could draw on their dense hatched linework, compartmentalised page layouts, and the way objects are isolated on plain grounds for reference-style illustration.
