Dialogo pio et specvlativo, con diuerse sentenze latine & volgari /

Includes errata, last p., for both the Dialogo and the Sententiose imprese.Includes index.Publisher's eagle and serpent device on t.p. The folded plate consists of a dedication to Catherine de' Medici, and a circular map of the Limagne d'Auvergne. Some of the ill. depicting Roman coins have been attributed to Pierre Eskrich, and appeared previously in Rouillé's 1556 ed. of du Choul's Discours de la religion des anciens romains. Simeoni's medallion port. and tomb appear on p. 203 recto. Several other cuts are attributed to the "Maître à la Capeline"; see Mortimer.Also issued with the author's Sententiose imprese; see Mortimer.Mortimer, R. French 16th cent.,Mode of access: Internet.Binding: modern marbled paper, quarter calf. Spine gold tooled; title on red label: G. SYMEONI / [rule] / DIALOGO / PIO ET SPE / CVLATIVO. At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown is Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed in the plate by P.S.The plate has been divided into 3 sections. The upper (dedication) and lower (caption) have been joined to form one leaf, and this and the map have been bound in separately. Final blank leaf wanting