Francisci Antonii Vitale In Binas Veteres Inscriptiones L. Aurelii Commodi Imperatoris Aetate Positas Romae Recens Detectas Dissertatio, Qua Gladiatorum Materia Fere Tota Enucleatur
A Latin dissertation by Francesco Antonio Vitale printed in 1763, a scholarly archaeology and epigraphy study of two inscriptions from the time of Emperor Commodus found in Rome, addressed to fellow antiquarians. The pictures are woodcut headpieces and initials: a bouquet of acanthus-like foliage, a landscape framed in scrollwork, a flower basket topped with birds, and a decorated letter N, all in dense black line with a cream paper ground that suits designers seeking baroque ornament for frames, cartouches and drop caps.
