The typography on the scanned 1494 page is beautiful. I also remember seeing the ancient Roman grave stones with the very nice letters, but I admire how they developed the types for printing.
Aldus Manutius and his workshop assistants had an incredible eye for design. Not just the typography but the layouts as well tend to be more elegant (to my eyes) than what we have today. One of my favorite examples: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hypnerotomachia_...