Ercole in Tebe; festa teatrale rappresentata in Firenze per le reali nozze de' serenissimi sposi Cosimo terzo, principe di Toscana, e Margherita Lvisa, principessa d'Orleans
This is a 1661 libretto for a Florentine court festa teatrale, Ercole in Tebe, written by Giovanni Andrea Moniglia with music by Jacopo Melani and printed in Florence for the wedding of Cosimo III de' Medici and Margherita Luisa of Orleans. The pictures are small printer's ornaments: a large woodcut initial C framed in foliage, a repeated strapwork border, and a decorative D initial, all in a dense, carved, Renaissance-revival manner that suggests historical initials and borders for period typography.
