Note overo memorie del museo del conte Lodovico Moscardo nobile veronese

Moscardo, Lodovico, 1611-1681 · 1672 · In Verona : Per Andrea Rossi ... · 58 pictures

A 1672 catalogue of the private museum of Count Lodovico Moscardo, a Veronese nobleman, printed in Verona by Andrea Rossi and listing classical antiquities, coins and natural objects for scholarly readers. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, framed letters built from scrolling foliage, acanthus leaves and grotesque faces, offering designers a dense vocabulary of Renaissance ornamental capitals to adapt for display lettering.

Moscardo, Lodovico, conte · Antiquities · Numismatics · Moscardo, Lodovico, 1611-1681 · Classical antiquities -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800 · Numismatics -- Private collections -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800 · Mineralogy -- Early works to 1800 · Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works · Museums -- Italy -- Verona -- Early works to 1800 · Classical antiquities · Mineralogy · Museums · Natural history · Italy -- Verona

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