Il Vincislao : opera tragicomica
Il Vincislao is a tragicomic play by Pierre Corneille, printed in Bologna in 1699 by Longhi, with its subject Wenceslas, King of Germany. The single picture is a small woodcut tailpiece or ornament of a dense rosette with layered petals and radiating pointed leaves, cut in bold black on cream paper. A designer could take from it a compact, symmetrical floral motif suited to borders, bookplates, or filler spaces on a page.
