⚠The ink on this title page is significantly faded, particularly in the upper and middle sections, making some words difficult to read.

OF THE

REPORTS

FROM PARNASSUS

BY TRAIANO BOCCALINI

Second Century.

Boccalini’s work is organized into "centuries," groups of one hundred short satirical essays or "dispatches" from the mythical home of the Muses.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST REVEREND

LORD CARDINAL CAETANO.

This refers to Cardinal Bonifazio Caetani (1567–1617), a member of a powerful Roman noble family and a patron of the arts.

With the privileges of all the Potentates of Italy, and outside of Italy

A "privilege" was an early form of copyright protection granted by a ruler to a printer to prevent unauthorized reprinting.

of His Most Christian Majesty.

original: "Maestà Christianissima." This was the traditional title held by the King of France, at this time Louis XIII.

A printer's device or emblem enclosed in a rectangular border. It depicts a sun with radiating rays or possibly a flaming heart motif, which was common in early modern Venetian publishing marks.

IN VENICE 1613

BY BAREZZO BAREZZI.

With the License of the Superiors.

This phrase confirms that the text was reviewed and approved by both the Catholic Church's inquisitors and the civil censors of the Venetian Republic.