Engraved t.p. by Giacomo Piccini, as well as full-page ports. of the author and of doge Dominico Contarini, to whom the work is dedicated. Some of the in-text ports. signed by Piccini. Port. of Nicolaus Contarenus on p. 294 (c. 1) a cancel over an impression of another port. also labelled Nicolaus Contarenus. Port. on p. 37 (c. 2) a cancel over an impression of that on p. 33. Port. on p. 41 (c. 2) printed upside down. Its subject is labelled Ursus Ipatius, that on p. 41 of c. 1 is labelled Ursus Badoarius, while the letterpress in both copies reads Ursus Participatius. Port. on p. 185 (c. 2) a cancel over an impression of that on p. 179. Numerous woodcut tail-pieces.

Signatures: a-e² A-Z² 2A-2S⁶ 2T⁸ 2V⁶ 2X-Y² [sec.]-2[sec.]².

Errata, last p.

Binding, c. 1: paste paper, back & corners in goatskin. Spine gold tooled, author & title on label in gilt. Edges red. Copy 2: 17th-century calfskin (repairs). Tooled in black with three frames, central panel and outer border speckled. Spine tooled in gilt, label missing. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate on front pastedown of Gower Earl Gower. On front cover is gilt stamp of arms of Duke of Sutherland within Garter, a 19th-century addition as the dukedom was created in 1833.