Place and date from Praz, who notes that "the work is an iconology, not an emblem-book proper."

"Pars prior."

Engraved t.p. signed "Bassanus f." for Cesare Bassano; see Frontespizi incisi nel libro italiano del seicento, p. 64. Sixteen engravings of allegorical figures; they are printed on 3rd p. of bifolia with letterpress epithets on the 1st p., the bifolia not included in paging or signing. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials

Signatures: + A-Q R chi²

Includes errata

Praz, M. Studies in 17th-cent. imagery (2nd ed.)

Binding: heavy gray paper. Written on bottom of text block: Biblioteca Alexandrina

Signatures of: Caroli Pacciani Alexandrini

[8], 140 [i.e. 172], [4] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm (4to)

Signatures: +⁴ A-Q⁴ R⁶ chi²

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