An ornate woodcut headpiece featuring a central scalloped shell design flanked by two figures (putti) emerging from cornucopias filled with flowers and fruit.

Most Eminent, and Most Reverend

PRINCE.

A large historiated woodcut initial 'C' depicting a landscape with a domed classical building and trees.

There have been many reasons why I wished to have this book consecrated and dedicated to You, MOST EMINENT AND MOST REVEREND PRINCE, but the one that moved me most is that I thought it could hardly happen that a small literary gift, however slight and meager, would not be pleasant and acceptable to You.