Place of publication taken from Venetian privilege on t.p. Date from that of dedication to Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara (6 ottobre 1562) 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 Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese emblem books Library's copy lacks dedicatory leaf ([2]) Binding: later vellum. Author and brief title in gilt on red leather spine label. Page edges sprinkled red. Green silk place marker At foot of many of Dolce's verses is a reference in brown ink to Paolo Giovio's Dialogo dell'imprese militari et amorose