format: octavo

When one sheet has been folded into 8 leaves; may be written as 8º or 8vo

Zumárraga, Doctrina breve, 1544 (a1r)

This title page uses woodcut blocks and pieces of type to create decorative borders surrounding the text presenting the work's title and imprint. Doctrina breve is the first complete work printed in North America, and was printed using type, blocks, and press were brought over to Mexico City from Spain.

Zumárraga, Doctrina breve, 1544 (i4r)

The colophon is printed as a descending triangle as a way of decoratively ending the text, a shape also seen in tailpieces.