America: Wunderbarliche/ doch Warhafftige Erklärung/ Von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia: wel-che newlich von den Engelländern/ so im Jar 1585. vom Herrn Reichard Greinuile/ einem von der Ritterschafft/ in gemeldte Landschafft die zu be-wohnen geführt waren/ ist erfunden worden/ In verlegung H. Walter Raleigh/ Ritter vnd Ober-sten deß Zinbergwercks/ ...
A 1590 German edition of Thomas Harriot's account of Virginia, published by Theodor de Bry and Johann Wechel in Frankfurt and issued for readers of the German-speaking world. The four pictures are decorative engraved headpieces built from flowing scrolls, acanthus leaves and interlace, with a bearded mask or cherub at the centre of each. A designer could draw on their symmetrical triangular framing, dense black-line ornament, and the grotesque face motif for title pages or ornamental borders.
