A' dilettanti delle bell' arti
A set of decorative letter designs published in Florence in 1785 by Giovanni Battista Betti, addressed to dilettanti of the fine arts and sold through the Pagni shop at Orsanmichele. The pictures are fine-line etched or engraved plates in which putti, goats, griffins and foliage are built into the curves of a large initial letter, a useful model for designers planning ornamental capitals that carry figures.
