The scarlet gown, or, The history of all the present cardinals of Rome. Wherein is set forth the life, birth, and interest, possibility, rich offices, dignities, and charges of every cardinal now living. Also their merits, vertues, and vices : together with the carriages of every of the popes and court of Rome. Whereunto is added, The life of the present Pope Alexander the Seventh
A 1660 London book printed for the bookseller Humphrey Moseley, translated by Henry Cogan from an anonymous original, giving short lives of the cardinals of Rome and of Pope Alexander VII for an English readership. The pictures are small engraved portraits of cardinals in formal robes, set in oval or rectangular frames with inscriptions beneath, plus a decorative strapwork cartouche and a monogram in a diamond border, offering a designer ideas for framed portrait medallions, engraved lettering and ornamental borders.
