Format in-4ยฐ, mm. 345x235, pp. (12), 232, (12). Part 1 (of 2). Contemporary half-vellum binding with marbled old paper boards, handwritten titles on the spine. Sprayed edges on the pages. Clear text and plates, occasional foxing. Small tear on the edge of the chalcographic title page.
Old edition printed in Bologna in 1582, by Giovanni Rossi publisher. Work by Giovanni Battista Fontei. Latin text. Numerous epigraphic inscriptions decorated with woodcut figures. Headers, initials and finals in the text.