De optimo repvblicae statv, deqve nova insvla Vtopia, libri dvo
A 1613 Latin edition of Thomas More's Utopia, printed at Hanover by J. Hennë for P. Kopff, a scholarly text for learned readers. Its pictures are small woodcut and printed ornaments: a cartouche-like fleuron, a square initial frame with a circle of scrolls, a diamond-shaped arabesque, and a page-number band with symmetrical flourishes, which a designer could adapt as compact decorative devices for borders, frames, and dividers.





