Emblemi di Andrea Alciato, huomo chiarissimo, dal latino nel vulgare italiano ridotti : contenenti il fiore et la sostanza de' piu scelti scrittori & delle piu celebri discipline dell'vniuerso, ripieni di ottimi consigli & saluteuoli documenti per l'vso civile et morale della vita humana...

Includes index.Signatures: +⁴ A-X⁸ Y⁴.Cuts on p. 45 & 71 printed upside down, that on p. 266 printed sideways.Printer's device on t.p. (IHS). Pages have line borders, the 212 emblems separated by rules. Head- and tail-pieces, initials.Latin mottoes precede the 212 woodcut emblematic ill., Latin texts and Italian translations follow. Ill. are copied from Plantin eds. and appeared previously in Tozzi's Latin eds. of 1618 and 1621; see Landwehr. Some ill. bear the letter A.Edited by Paolo Emilio Cadamosto; see +3r.Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese emblem books,Mode of access: Internet.Bookplate of Fort Hill. Ownership inscriptions of Antonio Comini and of Mon. Petrus ?Giertin, who bought his copy from Bassani.Binding: vellum