Historia veneta
Historia veneta is a 1680 Venetian history of the Venetian Republic, written by Alessandro Maria Vianoli and printed in Venice by G. G. Hertz for a general readership. Its pictures are small oval engraved portraits of the doges, each a bust in profile or three-quarter view inside a laurel wreath, with the doge's name and title lettered around the rim and a coat of arms beside the head; a designer could draw on the wreath frames, the lettered ovals, and the consistent bust format as a system for a series of portraits.
