First printed in Venice in 1499, the Hypnerotomachia is one of the strangest and most beautiful books of the Renaissance: a dream in which the lover Poliphilo wanders a landscape of ruined temples, colossal pyramids, and enchanted gardens, pursuing his beloved Polia through allegory, architecture, and desire. Its woodcuts and typography set a standard for book design, while its visions of ancient monuments stirred architects and garden makers for generations. This edition presents the complete, unabridged original text — the classic English translation, The Strife of Love in a Dream, first published in 1592 — together with a new introduction and reader's notes illuminating the book's history, its mysterious authorship, and its place in the Renaissance imagination. Whether you come as a lover of early printing, of dream allegory, or of the classical revival, you will find here a work that has beguiled readers for more than five centuries. Part of The Founding Texts Library.