Teatro d'imprese
Teatro d'imprese is a 1623 Venetian emblem book by Giovanni Ferro and Gaspare Grispoldi, published by Giacomo Sarzina and intended for readers who collected and interpreted emblematic devices. Each small copperplate picture sits in a circle within a square frame, paired with a Latin or Italian motto, and shows a single symbolic scene such as a chain, a bird on a stake, a serpent, or a walled building, which a designer could adapt as a compact, framed emblem device.
