Siciliae antiqvae tabvlae littorales latvs orientale Messana : in summo templo tutelae D. Mariae dicato prope sacrarium, iuxta secundum intercolumnium in lapide Granito-Siculo columella bicubitalis aquam lustralem sustinens
This 1625 Messana book, printed at public expense by Pietro Brea for the Senate, is an antiquarian collection of Sicilian Greek and Latin inscriptions, compiled by Giorgio Gualtieri. Its pictures are letterpress reproductions of inscribed stone tablets, plinths and funerary plaques, set in simple rules with crisp serif capitals that a designer could take as models for classical lettering and stone-carved layouts.
