La conquista de Mexico. 1552
La conquista de Mexico, a 1553 Spanish history of the conquest of Mexico by Francisco López de Gómara, printed in Saragossa at the expense of bookseller Miguel Capila for a readership of Spanish readers. The pictures are plain black-and-white decorated initial letters in woodcut style, each set in a square frame with grotesque foliage, masks, and scrolling ornament, offering a designer ready-made historical type ornaments for period-styled headers and drop caps.
