The second booke of songs, or, Ayres, of 2. 4. and 5. parts : with tableture for the lute or orpherian, with the violl de gamba
This 1600 London songbook by John Dowland, printed by Thomas East for Thomas Morley and sold by George Eastland, was made for lutenists and singers performing songs in two, four and five parts. The picture is a page of lute tablature, with lines of letters and rhythm marks set beneath a block of printed text and a decorative border, a dense, regular typographic layout a designer could borrow for structured grids and historical type treatment.
