Vetustalia, seu, Vetustatis admiranda
Vetustalia, seu, Vetustatis admiranda is a 1664 Roman printed book by Franciscus Ptolemaeus, issued from the press of Ignatius de Lazaris and concerned with the civilization of ancient Rome. The four pictures are small letterpress woodcut ornaments, such as a flowering urn with leaf scrolls, a grotesque mask with foliage, and a star inside a cartouche of acanthus, that a designer could adapt as vignettes, tailpieces, or border motifs.
