La favola di Circe : rappresentata in un antico greco bassorilievo di marmo
An 1758 Roman book by the antiquary Ridolfino Venuti, printed in Rome for Fausto Amidei, explaining an ancient Greek marble bas-relief of Circe for scholars and collectors of classical antiquity. Its pictures are small engraved decorative pieces, including an initial letter with a seated armoured figure and a lion, a coat of arms held up by two winged putti, and a framed panel of ornamental scrollwork with birds and griffins, offering designers classical motifs, neat letter framing and heraldic ornament.





