Iulii Caesaris Stellae nobilis Romani Columbeidos libri priores duo. : Ad Philippum Avstrium, Philippi II. Regis Cath. F., Hispaniarum et Indiarum principem
A Latin epic poem on Christopher Columbus by the Roman poet Giulio Cesare Stella, printed in Rome in 1590 and dedicated to the young Prince Philip of Austria, son of Philip II of Spain. The single picture is a decorative typographic ornament: a rectangular frame of black scrolling foliage and small rosettes enclosing a symmetrical oval of curled volutes and cross-shaped motifs. A designer could take from it a model for symmetrical border strips, corner-to-centre scroll layouts, and heavy woodcut-style ornament for period-style title pages.
