Figure 83
Title page of Klopstock’s Messias: Halle
From Könnecke’s Bilderatlas zur Geschichte der deutschen Nationalliteratur (facsimile), Deutsches Textarchiv (scan)
1749
The Messias of Klopstock is an example of a book with text printed in vulgar, overblown fraktur types, with very few words on the title-page.