Title from incipit (leaf [2]/2r): M.T. Ciceronis de finibus bono[rum] & malo[rum]. L. primus.
Colophon (leaf [13]/4r): .M.Tulii Ciceronis De finibus bonorum & maloru[m] liber quintus desinit. Venetiis. M.CCCC.LXXI. Chirstophoro Mauro Duce. Joanne ex Colonia Agrippinensi sumptu[m] ministrante Impressum.
Dated from the colophon, before the death of the Doge C. Moro, 9 Nov. 1471 (Hillard).
Collation: [1² 2-5⁸ 6⁶; 7⁸ 8⁶(+1*: beata vita); 9-12⁸ 13⁶]: 93 leaves, leaves [2]/1, [6]/6, [13]/5-6 blank. NB: in Pembroke-Scheide copy, the stub of singleton 8/1* is preserved between 8/5 and 6.
Paper format: Royal quarto
Edited by Georgius Merula.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.2 x 19.6 cm.
PML copy with leaf [2]/1 (blank) bound before [1]/1.
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.