An ornate woodcut header featuring symmetrical floral scrollwork and acanthus leaves. In the center is a heraldic shield displaying the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, topped with a crown.

MOST SERENE,

MOST POWERFUL,

MOST HAPPY,

MOST PIOUS

FOUR TIMES KING,

ARCHDUKE, MARGRAVE,

DUKE, ELECTOR

A decorative woodcut initial 'F' begins the name FERDINAND.

FERDINAND

THE FOURTH

A large decorative woodcut initial 'S' containing an illustration of two figures standing amidst foliage; one figure on the left appears to be a king (possibly David or Solomon) holding a scepter, and a figure on the right stands opposite him.
Wisdom 11 Biblical reference to the Book of Wisdom, 11:20: "But thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight."

The most wise King Solomon says that GOD created all things in number, weight, and measure; and the prince of philosophers,
Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Chapter 5

Aristotle, affirms that all things are made from numbers. And if we contemplate GOD the Best and Greatest as the beginning of all things, if we examine this common community of gods and men, the entire Universe, we find in the Number FOUR the most powerful efficacy and excellence of all things.