The massacre at Paris
A 1594 London printing of Christopher Marlowe's play The Massacre at Paris, published by Edward White and printed by E. Allde, about the Duke of Guise. The picture is a bookplate rather than an illustration from the play: an engraved heraldic achievement with a lion-rampant shield, flanked by a unicorn and a griffin, bearing the inscription Bridgewater Library. A designer could draw on its symmetrical heraldic layout, ribbon scroll lettering and supporter animals for crest or emblem work.
