Molina, Vocabulario, 1571 (V10r)

The colophon being printed in both Spanish and Nahuatl suggests that the book was meant to be accessible equally to Spanish colonial and Indigenous audiences.

More, Utopia, 1518 March (u6v)

Prouisiones cedulas, 1563 (a1r)

The title of this collection of Spanish colonial laws is surrounded by four separate woodcuts used as borders, as well as a cut of the Spanish coat of arms.

Ruban, Kratkaia letopis Malyia Rossii, 1777 (π1r)

This title page spells out the book's contents in detail: "A Short Chronicle of Little Russia from 1506 to 1776, with the appearance of the present image of the local government, and with the appendix of the list of the Hetmans, the General Elders, Colonels and hierarchs; such that descriptions include indications of cities, rivers, monasteries, churches, the number of people, news about the Post [as in mail] and other necessary information."

Santo Officio da Inquisição de Coimbra, Relacion del auto de fee, 1723 (A1r)

This account of people tried as heretics includes, in place of a printer's device, the device of the Inquisition.

Santo Officio da Inquisição de Coimbra, Relacion del auto de fee, 1723 (A4v)

This 8-page octavo pamphlet ends with the colophon for the printer working for the Office of the Inquisition.

Shakespeare, Lear, 1608 (A2r)

The play which we now call King Lear was not first published with a much longer title, it also differs in its emphasis on Edgar as the lead of the subplot.

Theobald, Double Falshood, 1728 (A2r)

Like that of most English playbooks, this title page indicates where the play was first performed as well as its title and author.

Thomson, Discourse, 1750 (A1r)

The title page to this pamphlet emphasizes not only the title of the work but that it was delivered to the Academy of Physicians, signalling its authority to potential buyers.

Tryal of Richard Francklin, 1731 (A1r)

The 1731 imprint date suggests that the publication of this chapbook followed almost immediately after the conclusion of the December 3, 1731 trial. Chapbooks like these---small unbound pamphlets---were a prime source of news as well as entertainment.