Le vere e nove imagini de gli dei delli antichi di Vicenzo Cartari Reggiano. Ridotte da capo a piedi in questa nouissima impressione alle loro reali, & non piu per l'adietro osseruate simiglianze. Cauate da' marmi, bronzi, medaglie, gioie, & altre memorie antiche;
Cartari's 1615 Padua edition is an illustrated handbook of classical and Asian gods, compiled by Vincenzo Cartari with notes by Lorenzo Pignoria and Cesare Malfatti for scholars and artists. The pages show small framed woodcuts of deities, often rotated on the page, with figures carrying attributes such as torches, serpents, lunar crescents and halos, offering a designer ready-made iconographic vocabulary for gods and their emblems.
