Title from caption on leaf [1]/2r.
Imprint and date as given in ISTC. Colophon, leaf [13]/6r, consisting of 12 lines of verse headed "Bartholomeus Paiellus eques Vicentinus in P. Orosium", reads: "Vt ipse titulus margine in primo docet: / Orosio nomen mihi est. / Librariorum quicquid erroris fuit: / Exemit Aeneas mihi. / Meq[ue] imprimendum tradidit non alteri / Hermanne: [quam] soli tibi. / Hermanne nomen huius artis, & decus: Tuæq[ue] laus Coloniæ. ...".
Printed in Liechtenstein's type 1:102R.
Collation: [1-7⁸ 8⁶ 9-12⁸ 13⁶]: 100 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
"As this book is the only one of Liechtenstein's editions which has no printed signatures it is presumably his earliest work"--British Museum catalogue; that is, it predates 13 September 1475.
Edited by Aeneas Vulpes and Laurentius Brixiensis, as stated on leaf 1₁v: "Scias uelim humanissime lector: Aeneam Vulpem Vicentinum priorem Sanctae Crucis adiutore Laurentio Brixiensi Historias Pauli Orosii: quae continentur hoc codice; quam accuratissime potuit: castigasse ...".
39 lines, 202 x 105 mm ("The concluding pages have 40 lines to the page, with a slightly broader type-page"--British Museum catalogue). Capital spaces, most with guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.6 x 20 cm., trimmed.
Pavli Orosii viri doctissimi historiarvm initivm ad Avrelivm Avgvstinvm
Hand decoration: Contemporary Italian gilt initials with foliate decoration, alternating red and blue initials and paragraph marks. Annotations: Contemporary foliation in bottom right corner (.#.) and headlines (significantly trimmed away). A few contemporary marginal notations in text.