Ferdinandi Cortesii. Von dem Newen Hispanien, so im Meer gegem Nidergang, Zwo gantz lustige vnnd fruchtreiche Historien, an den grossmächtigisten vnüberwindtlichisten Herren, Carolum. V. römischen Kaiser &c. Künig in Hispanien &c. ...
A 1550 German printed account of Spanish voyages to New Spain, issued in Augsburg by printer Philipp Ulhart and addressed to Emperor Charles V. The pages open with large decorated initial letters and dense black-letter text set in justified columns, with the German text printed in black-letter type throughout. A designer might draw on the ornate woodcut initials and the tightly ruled, heavily blackened text blocks as models for historical headers and drop caps.
