L'idea di vn prencipe politico christiano
A 1648 Venetian edition of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's political treatise for Christian princes, printed in Italian by Marco Garzoni with engraved emblems by Paris Cerchieri and Giacomo Piccini. The four pictures are framed emblematic cartouches with Latin mottoes, scrollwork borders, and small allegorical scenes such as a lion, a banner, and a pair of trees, offering a designer models for ornamental frames, mottoed medallions, and baroque strapwork.











































































































