Imprese di diversi principi, duchi, signori, e d'altri personaggi et huomini illustri
Imprese di diversi principi, duchi, signori is an emblem book from 1602 by Giovanni Battista Pittoni with verses by Lodovico Dolce, made in Italy for Renaissance princes, dukes and lords who commissioned personal devices. Each plate pairs an engraved ornamental cartouche, with a central device such as a landscape, ship, or figure, above a framed block of Italian verse. A designer might take the symmetrical strapwork frames, putti, and grotesque masks as models for ornamental borders, title panels, and emblematic logo compositions.
