Opere del proposto Lodovico Antonio Muratori già bibliotecario del Serenissimo Signore Duca di Modena
This 1767 Italian edition of works by Lodovico Antonio Muratori, former librarian to the Duke of Modena, is a scholarly volume on antiquities, printed for learned readers. Its pictures are letterpress headpieces and tailpieces: cherubs flanking an oval cartouche, a trophy of arms and armour in ornate scrollwork, and framed Rococo panels of acanthus and foliage. A designer could draw on their symmetrical cartouche layouts, scrolled frames, and classical ornament for period title pages or decorative borders.
