Descrittione di Roma antica e moderna : nella quale si contengono chiese, monasterij, hospedali, compagnie, collegij e seminarij, tempij, teatri, anfiteatri, naumachie, cerchi, fori, curie, palazzi, e statue, librerie, musei, pitture, sculture, & i nomi de gli artefici : indice de'sommi pontefici, imperatori e duchi : con due copiosissime tauole
A 1643 Roman guidebook by Federico Franzini, printed in Rome by Andrea Fei for Giovanni Domenico Franzini, describing the city's churches, monasteries, theatres, palaces, and monuments for visitors and readers of Italian. The woodcut church facades are small, plainly ruled, and built from simple line hatching, so a designer might borrow their compact architectural symbols, such as rose windows, pediments, and columned fronts, for clean monochrome icons.
