Di Battista Pittoni pittore vicentino Imprese di diversi prencipi, dvchi, signori, e d'altri personaggi et hvomini letterati et illvstri : con alcune stanze del Dolce che dichiarano i motti di esse imprese
The etched emblems appear within elaborate borders of strapwork, architectural elements, figures, masks, swags, fruit, etc. They include Latin mottos. Dolce's explanatory verses appear on the leaf following each emblem. These are printed letterpress, within one of two woodcut borders, and are numbered 1-52 at the upper right (mistakes, omissions). Plates [38] and [45] each contain two emblems. ; Place of publication taken from Venetian privilege on t.p. Date from that of dedication to Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara (6 ottobre 1562). ; Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese emblem books, ; Mode of access: Internet. ; At foot of many of Dolce's verses is a reference in brown ink to Paolo Giovio's Dialogo dell'imprese militari et amorose. ; Binding: later vellum. Author and brief title in gilt on red leather spine label. Page edges sprinkled red. Green silk place marker. ; Library's copy lacks dedicatory leaf ([2]).