Dell'imprese di Scipion Bargagli, gentil'hvomo sanese
Subtitle: Alla prima parte, la seconda e la terza nuovamente aggiunte, dove doppo tutte l'opere cosi scritte a penna, come stampate, ch'egli potuto ha leggendo vedere di coloro, che della materia dell'imprese hanno parlato; della vera natura di quelle si ragiona
Publisher: Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi senese
Published: 1594
Place of publication: In Venetia
Language: ita
Number of pages: 604
Subjects: Learned institutions and societies; Emblems; Early works to 1800
Notes: The first publication of all 3 pts. Pt. 1 first published at Siena by Luca Bonetti in 1578, and again in Venice by de' Francheschi in 1589. See Landwehr.

Engraved emblematic device on t.p. On a7v is port. of Emperor Rudolph II; full-page laudatory engraved emblem facing on a8r, explanatory sonnet on verso. The 138 emblems in the text are in oval frames on which the Latin mottos appear, followed by explanations in prose. Woodcut head-pieces, initials.

"Delle lodi dell'accademie. Oratione di Scipion Bargagli, M.D.LIX. Riformata nouamente, e ristampata": 2L5r-2N6r.

"Orazione di Scipion Bargagli, in morte di monsignor Alessandro Piccolomini, arciuescouo di Patrasso, & eletto di Siena. M D LXXIX. Riueduta, e nouamente ristampata": 2N6v-2P4v.

Signatures: áı b́þ A-Ǵı [superscript chi]H℗ø H-2Ṕı 2Q́þ (C2 signed 2D; H2 signed A2 in c. 2; 2P4 signed 2N4).

Includes index and errata.

Landwehr, J.  French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese emblem books, 142

Library's c. 1 with: I trattenimenti di Scipion Bargali (Venice : Bernardo Giunti, 1591).

Binding, c. 1: later vellum. Signed in pencil by E.K. Waterhouse on front pastedown. Page edges red.

Binding, c. 2: old limp vellum. Title written on spine in rotunda letters. Lapped foredges. Pages edges gilt. Ownership inscription on front pastedown by Petrus Mutinellius. Several inscriptions on front free endpaper recto, now scratched out; one reads: M.M. Bracciano. Ownership inscription on t.p. above imprint of Gabriel Vazquez de Acura.