Le pitture antiche d'Ercolano e contorni
This is a 1762 volume of engraved plates from Le pitture antiche d'Ercolano e contorni, a publication of classical Roman wall paintings from Herculaneum and surroundings, made for antiquarians and collectors of antiquities. The plates are horizontal friezes in sepia line engraving, reproducing painted panels with figures, animals, architectural motifs and decorative borders. A designer can take from them the compact frieze format, the repeating border bands of scrolls, rosettes and egg-and-dart patterns, and the spare hatched linework of ancient ornament.
