Imagini delli dei de gl'antichi
An illustrated Italian mythology manual, Imagini delli dei de gl'antichi, issued in Venice in 1647 by the publisher Tomasini and drawing on Vincenzo Cartari's classical handbook with notes by Lorenzo Pignoria, for scholars and artists seeking the iconography of ancient gods. The woodcuts show standing divine figures with attributes, surrounded by small oval roundels of supporting scenes, set in plain ruled frames on aged paper, a layout a designer could borrow for emblematic panels and classical allegory.
