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Title page in black and red lettering with a small print portrait of Quintus Horatius Flaccus.

Print illustration for emblem "La Debauche rend l'Esprit Hebete" (Debauchery rends the spirit dazed). Depicts a distressed figure laying on a bed and a table with plates and a chalice.

Print illustration for emblem "La Debauche rend l'Esprit Hebete" (Debauchery rends the spirit dazed). Detail of the table with the medusa shield underneath and a broken club.

Frontispiece, portrait of Otto van Veen and a poem by Daniel Heinsius. Portrait signed: Gertrudis filia, eius, pinx [i.e. Gertruida van Veen, daughter]; De Larmessin sculp. Print by De Larmessin and based on a portrait created by Veen's daughter…

Detail from portrait of Otto van Veen showing signature: Gertrudis filia, eius, pinx [i.e. Gertruida, his daughter]; Printed by De Larmessin and based on a portrait created by Veen's daughter Gertuida van Veen.

Image of title page showing an illustration of a male figure holding two descriptions of the title and contents of the work. One is in Latin and the other Italian.
A description at the bottom provides publishing information

Image of an illustration of a portrait of a pope and the prophecy relating to them. Depicts a male head on the body of a dragon. Both latin and italian captions are included

Image of an illustration depicting a man writing and in contemplation as light shines down upon him. Multiple captions and descriptions are additionally on page. Notations by an owner of cross hatching can be viewed at bottom

Image of an illustration of symbolic images representing the future of the popes. Reminiscent of astrological cycles. Details include lions, the sun, snakes, and an illustration of a pope

Image of the first page of the biography of Giorgio Vasari, the author. Includes a woodblock illustration of the author who was also a painter and an architect himself. Text under the portrait reads "GIORGIO VASARI PITT. ET ARCHIT. ARETINO."…