Roland, tragedie
This is a libretto-style printed score of Lully's tragédie lyrique Roland, published in Paris in 1685 by Christophe Ballard for the opera stage and its audiences. The four pictures are woodcut head and tail ornaments with dense scrollwork, a central coat of arms in a laurel wreath, figure groups, and a grotesque mask flanked by cherubs and fruit swags, all printed in dark ink on cream paper, offering a designer strong models for baroque cartouches, mascarons, and border strips.
