There is a lot to see in Rome at the National Museum of Rome, Baths of Diocletian, which contains the Epigraphical Department. Not all this came from there but a lot of it did.

I saw this. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebensorkin/sets/72157594336113040/

I would love to see what you find if you can photograph it.

http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/
http://www.ambrosiana.it
http://www.braidense.it/

I think you must have an authorization.

I suggest the Museo Bodoniano in Parma (120 km from Milan and on the road form Rome to Milan):
http://www.mb-museobodoniano.it/museo.htm
I am sure you know Giambattista Bodoni, anyway here is the wikipedia entry about him:
http://www.mb-museobodoniano.it/museo.htm

Last but not least, Parma is famous for food (Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto (ham) di Parma above all) and there are a lot of nice places where to eat.
My suggestion for lunch is “Sorelle Picchi” (http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/profile-79501805-Italy_Parma_So...) a nice and peculiar place, since the restaurant is in the backroom of a “salumeria” shop.

e-mail me in private if you need more infos about my town.

ciao
andrea

I know January is cold, but that’s no reason to not eat gelato on the streets. ;-) I was a poor college student when I went, so I didn’t eat at any restaurants. However, there is a nice cafe in Scandicci (a suburb of Florence) called Bar Mario (or is it Cafe Mario?). It’s just a coffee bar, really, but it’s good.

I went in 1999, and that was before I learned much about typography or took any design classes at all. There’s a lot of great art to be found, especially in Florence: The Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, L’Accademia...