Raccolta di gemme antiche figurate
Raccolta di gemme antiche figurate is a Roman 1805 collection of engraved plates after ancient gems and cameos, assembled from Pietro Santi Bartoli's earlier work and published by Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili for antiquarians and collectors. The pictures are fine line engravings of small oval and round compositions, each with a single figure or emblem framed by a simple border, showing how classical relief composition works in tight, centred spaces that a designer could adapt for medallions, seals or badge layouts.
