Vita Del Gran Pittore Cavalier Co: Carlo Cignani: Dedicata Al Signor Co: Cristoforo Tardini Ministro Del Serenissimo Signor Duca Di Modena
A 1722 Italian biography by Ippolito Zanelli of the painter Carlo Cignani, dedicated to a minister of the Duke of Modena. The two pictures are woodcut-style printer's ornaments: an open-framed decorative initial letter with a tree and ruined tower in its counters, and a flourish of roses above scrolled acanthus leaves and a shell-like base. A designer could draw on them for historical initial letters, border-framed capitals, and rococo-style printed ornament.
