Ad magnanimum et illustrem heroa Sigismundum Pandulphum Malatestam splendidissimum Ariminensium regem ac imperatorem semper invictum Roberti Valturii rei militaris librorum praefatio.
Title from caption in capitals at beginning of preface on leaf a1 recto.
Place and date of printing from colophon on leaf E9 recto; printer's name from Dante Alighieri III's verse on leaf E9 recto, which reads: "Quisquis funesto ualidas sub Marte cohortes ... Ille raguseum tollat super astra Boninum Ingenioq[ue] uiri præmia digna ferat Impressit ..."
Printed in Boninus's types 1:90G (leaf &7r only) and 2:113R.
Signatures: [1⁶]; a¹⁰ b-z⁸ & ¹⁰ [con]¹⁰ A-D⁸ E¹⁰: 312 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and E10 blank. Quire [1] with leaves 2 and 3 signed ii and iii.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Edited by Paulus Ramusius.
Woodcut illustrations on leaves c7v, m1v-m2r, r1r, t5r-z7r, & 5r- & 7r, [con2]r-[con8]r.
1 column of 37 lines. Spaces left blank for initials, occasionally with printed guide letter.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.3 x 20.6 cm.
Hand decoration: Rubricated, alternating red and blue initials. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Manuscript title on bottom edge most trimmed away.