Atlantis retecta, sive de navigatione prima Christophori Columbi in Americam poëma Vincentii Placcii
Atlantis retecta is a Latin poem on Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America, written by Vincent Placcius and printed in Hamburg in 1659 by the Rebenlin press. Its three pictures are small printer's ornaments: a carved cartouche with scrolls and tassels, a symmetrical arabesque with spirals and a central medallion, and a griffin's head above a banner reading GAUDEO. A designer could take from them the period practice of setting ornaments as headpieces and tailpieces, with symmetry and scroll-work used to mark section breaks.
