The title page is framed by an elaborate woodcut architectural border in the Mannerist style, featuring pedestals, scrolls, and stylized columns. At the top center is an oval emblem depicting a hand grafting a branch onto a tree trunk, surrounded by a ribbon with the Latin motto "Virescit" Latin: "It grows green" or "It flourishes," a motto signifying growth and renewal through art or nature.. At the bottom, a smaller architectural cartouche contains the printer's information.

BY HERO

of Alexandria

ON AUTOMATA,

or

SELF-MOVING MACHINES,

Two Books,

Translated from the Greek by

BERNARDINO BALDI

Abbot of Guastalla.

With PRIVILEGE. A "privilege" was an early form of copyright granted by authorities—in this case, likely the Venetian Senate—giving the printer exclusive rights to publish the work for a set period.

In VENICE,

Girolamo

Porro.

1589