Which 1499 Venetian illustrated novel is famous for its unusual woodcuts and Renaissance design?

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is the 1499 Venetian illustrated novel famous for its unusual woodcuts and Renaissance design. Its title is often translated as Poliphilo’s Strife of Love in a Dream.

The book was printed by Aldus Manutius in Venice. It was written in an elaborate mixture of languages and presents a dream journey filled with classical ruins, inscriptions, architecture, gardens, and allegorical encounters.

The author is identified by the acrostic of the chapter initials as Francesco Colonna, although historical discussion of the attribution has continued. The book’s typography and illustrations are as important to its reputation as its narrative.

The Hypnerotomachia is frequently shortened to HP or called the Strife of Love in a Dream. It is not the same work as Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, a chivalric poem first published in 1516.