Musaeum historicum et physicum
Musaeum historicum et physicum is a 1640 Venetian book of engraved portrait medallions of historians, scholars and writers, compiled by Giovanni Imperiali and engraved by Andrea Salmincio for a learned readership. The pictures are small oval busts in rectangular frames with Latin name captions, and a designer could take from them a consistent framing system of oval vignettes, ornamental corner spandrels and bearded scholarly profiles.
