Cambyses king of Persia : a tragedy acted by His Highness the Duke of York's Servants

Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724 · 1671 · London : Printed for William Cademan, at the Pope's Head, in the Lower Walk of the New-Exchange · 3 pictures

Cambyses King of Persia is a 1671 London tragedy by Elkanah Settle, printed for publisher William Cademan and written for performance by the Duke of York's company of players. Its pictures are small black woodcut-style ornaments: a bird and vine border with a central urn of flowers, and a decorated initial letter beside verse lines. A designer could take from them the repeating foliage border and the carved capital letter as models for period-style page decoration.

Cambyses II, King of Persia, d. 522 B.C

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