⚠The image shows the reverse side (verso) of a printed title page. The text and heraldic illustration are mirrored and visible as bleed-through (show-through) from the recto side of the leaf. The transcription below reflects the text as it appears on the recto.

ON THE KABBALAH

A CERTAIN INTRODUCTION

By the Most Illustrious

COUNT CARLO

MONTECUCCOLI

published by Count Francesco Ginepris

original Latin: in lucem edita. This phrase literally means "brought into the light," a standard 17th-century idiom for publishing a manuscript for the first time.

TO THE MOST SERENE CESARE D’ESTE

DUKE OF MODENA, REGGIO, etc.

Cesare d'Este (1562–1628) was the sovereign Duke of Modena and Reggio. Dedicating a book to such a powerful figure was a way to secure protection and social standing for the author's family.

A heraldic engraving is visible here (as bleed-through from the other side). It features a coat of arms with a shield and a coronet, representing the noble status of either the author or the patron.

MODENA, At the house of Giuliano Cassiano : 1612

original: MVTINÆ, Apud Iulianum Cassianum. Modena (Mutina in Latin) was the capital of the Este dukedom and a significant center for printing and culture.

By Permission of the Superiors.

original: Permissu Superiorum. This is a formal declaration that the book was reviewed and approved by the censors of the Catholic Church and the state to ensure it contained no forbidden ideas.