Roma Vetvs Ac Recens: Vtrivsqve Aedificiis Ad Ervditam Cognitionem Expositis
Roma Vetvs Ac Recens is a 1639 topographical and archaeological study of ancient and modern Rome, compiled by Alessandro Donati with Manelfo Manelfi and intended for scholars of antiquity. Its pictures are decorated woodcut initials, with the large letters A, V and D built from interlaced foliage, grapes, a bird and scrollwork, set beside dense Latin type; a designer might take the historic ornamental capitals as models for framing a text opening.
