The left page of this spread is a blank flyleaf containing a blue ink stamp or handwritten library shelf mark: "E7803".

An ornate woodcut title border in the Mannerist style. At the top, a central grotesque mask is flanked by two reclining female figures holding palm fronds or garlands. The sides feature two male caryatids in classical military or heroic dress, standing on pedestals. The bottom center features a large, complex coat of arms for the House of Este, containing eagles and fleurs-de-lis, surrounded by architectural scrollwork.

THE

ARTIFITIOUS

AND CURIOUS

SPIRITUAL MOTIONS OF HERO.

TRANSLATED BY MR. GIO. BATTISTA

ALEOTTI OF ARGENTA.

Added by the same, Four Theorems

no less beautiful and curious than the others.

And the way by which one can artfully make a channel

of living or dead water rise to the top of any high Tower.

To the Most Serene Lord D. ALFONSO II.

Duke of Ferrara, his Lord.

IN FERRARA. 1589.

By Vittorio Baldini, Ducal Printer.