Historia dell'antichità di Milano, divisa in qvattro libri
Historia dell'antichità di Milano is a 1592 Italian history of Milan's antiquities by Paolo Morigia, printed in Venice by the Guerra press for readers interested in the city's past. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials and ornamental headpieces: a putto in a framed panel, a winged figure inside a large C, a scrolled S, and a crowned face within foliage. A designer could take from them the dense, hand-cut ornament of Renaissance type decoration, with strapwork, scrollwork and figures packed into tight frames.
