Persio tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato /
Persius.
Stelluti, Francesco,1577-1653.
Greuter, Mathieu,1564?-1638.
Adam, William Patrick,1823-1881,former owner.StEdNL
Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.
[Rome] : Ap[?]resio Giacomo Mascardi in Roma.,
MDCXXX [1630]..
Title page engraved by Mathaeus Greuter.  Engraved illustrations include 12 figures, depicting the anatomy of the bee (p. 52) and one of the weevil (p. 127) which are "the first illustrations prepared with a microscope that were set forth in a printed book."  (Charles Singer, Hist. of biology, New York, 1950, p. 148)
Latin text and Italian translation of the Satires on facing pages, with commentary below.
"Vita di Persio": p. [11-16].
Front pastedown has the armorial bookplate "Blair Adam Library William Patrick Adam".
Bees