Printed by Barezzo Barezzi. See colophon, trattato 1.

Engraved t.p. by Gaspare Grispoldi, incorporating a portrait bust of the author. Engraved caption titles for trattati 1 & 2. Trattato 2 has 40 numbered in-text engravings. The captions of nos. 19-23 state that they are from the hands of Gio. Domenico Pallavisino, Giorgio Doria, Bartolomeo Lomellino and Giacomo Cattaneo; the work is dedicated to all four on the t.p. Barezzi's woodcut printer's device, p. 299 (serpent). Initials.

65-72, 145-148 omitted in paging.

Includes indexes.

Includes errata.

Binding: later decorated paper, back & corners in vellum.

Giovanni Muzio's etched bookplate by Giacomo Manzù on front pastedown. Pasted over an engraved mask of Medusa on t.p. is the armorial bookplate of Agostino Fransoni, dated 1630; see Gelli, vignetta 446.