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The "Gemblacenſi" refers to a 10th-century manuscript from the Abbey of Gembloux, which Scaliger used to revolutionize the text.
The printer's mark of the Plantin Office: a hand emerging from a cloud holds a pair of compasses, drawing a circle on a rectangular pedestal. The scene is framed by a wreath of leaves, flowers, and fruit. A banner entwined in the wreath bears the motto "BY LABOR AND CONSTANCY".
Round library stamp: "PUBLIC LIBRARY OF FLORENCE"
The Roman numerals CIↃ. IↃ. C. represent 1600.
A "privilege" was an early form of copyright granted by legal authorities.