The title page is set within an elaborate architectural engraving. At the top, a triangular pediment contains a winged cherub's head; two putti holding branches stand on either side of the pediment. Flanking the central text block are two pedestals supporting figures: on the left, an elderly bearded man holding a compass and a tablet, labeled "Vitruvius"; on the right, a younger man in robes, labeled "Archimedes". Below the main text area is a decorative cartouche featuring two reclining figures holding a scroll with publication details. Small medallions with heads are set into the bases of the side pedestals. At the very bottom, below the architectural frame, is the imprint line and a faint handwritten annotation.

THE MACHINES

A new volume, enriched with much artifice
to produce marvelous effects, as much
spiritual as of animal operation, enriched with most beautiful figures
with the declarations for each of
them in the vernacular and Latin languages

BY MR. GIOVANNI BRANCA, ROMAN CITIZEN

Engineer & Architect of the Holy
House of Loreto.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS

Monsignor TIBERIO Cenci

Bishop of Iesi

Vitruvius

Archimedes

with permission of the superiors by Giacomo Mascardi. 1629.

Reprint(?)? Pavia 1647-3