Xerse

Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676 · 1654 · In Venetia : Per Matteo Leni · 7 pictures

Xerse is a 1654 printed opera libretto by Pier Francesco Cavalli, published in Venice by Matteo Leni and set around the Persian king Xerxes and Queen Esther. The pictures are small woodcut typographic ornaments: cherubs, a central face, a seated figure in an oval, and scrolling acanthus, useful as classic baroque border and divider motifs for period-styled layouts.

Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C · Esther, Queen of Persia

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