Hecvba : tragedia
Hecuba, a tragedy by Lodovico Dolce, printed in Venice in 1566 by Domenico Farri, a Renaissance Italian adaptation of Euripides' play for a literate reading audience. The title page has a black-letter-style roman title in large capitals, a small oval woodcut of a winged angel above a globe with rays, and a decorative cartouche. The second picture is a historiated initial showing a seated figure with a staff beside italic text, suggesting how a woodcut initial can anchor a page of type.
