Title from half-title page, leaf a1r (author's name precedes title).
Imprint from colophon, leaf r7r, reads: "Impressum Regii per Franciscum de Mazalibus Anno Domini .M.CCCC.LXXXXIIII. Die .XXII. Mensis Octobris."
Printed in Mazalibus's type 1:110R.
Signatures: a-i⁸ K⁸ l-r⁸: 136 leaves, leaf r8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Comprises the 5 books of De bellis civilibus (Historia Romana 13-17), followed by HR 9b (Illyrians) and HR 4 (Celts, a fragmentary text).
"Reprinted from the edition of Maler and Ratdolt, Venice, 1477 and completed by the edition of the Historia romana reprinted from the same archetype by De Pasqualibus at Scandiano in January, 1495"--British Museum catalogue. The two parts were printed from the same type.
Latin translation by Pier Candido Decembrio.
Generally 42 lines, with headline and printed marginalia, 232 (240) x 131 (160) mm. Capital spaces, mostly with guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.9 x 19.2 cm.
Apianus Alexandrinus. De bellis civilibus
Hand decoration: Rubricated initials. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.