Psyche, and other poems — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a title page from a Victorian penny dreadful. The main title reads "PSYCHE; OR, THE LEGEND OF LOVE," presented in large decorative typography on aged, cream-colored paper with visible foxing and stains. Below the title appears a Latin epigraph attributed to Martial: "Castos docet et pios amores" (roughly, "teaches chaste and devoted loves"). The page bears a signature mark "A 2" at the bottom, indicating this is the second leaf of the preliminary matter. The typography and paper quality are consistent with nineteenth-century cheap serialized fiction.