APOLOGY

FOR

GIULIO CESARE

VANINI,

A NEAPOLITAN.

A medium-sized emblem depicts an armillary sphere, a model of the celestial globe composed of metal rings. This device represents the universe and was frequently used as a printer's mark to symbolize knowledge or the mechanical order of the cosmos.

COSMOPOLIS,

PHILALETHIAN PRESS.

1712.

Giulio Cesare Vanini was a philosopher executed in 1619 for heresy. "Cosmopolis" and "Philalethian Press" are likely pseudonyms used to protect the printer of this controversial defense.