Figure 113
Roman Capitals: Stamperia Vaticana Specimen, Rome
From a copy in Harvard College Library (facsimile), Wellcome Collection (scan)
1628
For late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century types we have a valuable source-book in the 1628 specimen of the Stamperia Vaticana… The…capital letters for titles, etc. show a fine, even collection of old style fonts of which any printing-house might be proud.