RUSCELLI, GIROLAMO Le Imprese Illustri... aggiuntovi nuovamente il Quarto Libro da Vincenzo Ruscelli da Viterbo. Engraved

general and divisional titles, and over 140 emblems, some double-or full-page. [28], 496, 8, 82 pages. 4to, old vellum, gilt morocco spine label. Venice: Francesco de" Franceschi Senesi, 1584 Most complete edition of one of the best-known 16th-century collections of devices. "Ruscelli's Imprese is useful not only for the devices themselves but for the coats of arms included in the elaborate borders on most of the devices and for miscellaneous information about the owners" (Mortimer). Praz, page 482.