Printer statement from tail-piece on p. [1] at end

Signatures: A-D¹ E¹

Illustrations: numerous copper engravings, comprising full-page Venier arms by Antonio Baratti (leaf 1, printed in red), title page includes portrait of the dedicatee, Doge Francesco Loredan, printed in red, within pictorial border by Carlo Orsolini, printed in green. Numerous head- and tail-pieces, some printed in red or blue, chiefly by Giovanni Magnini, but also by Giovanni Scajario, Bartolomeo Crivellari, Giacomo Leonardis, M. Aug. Schiassonio, and Giovanni Battista Brustolon, chiefly after Gaetano Gherardo Zompini. Also includes numerous small woodcut ornaments

Library's copy imperfect: lacks first leaf

Binding: later 19th or early 20th century gilt vellum; bookplate of Oreste Meroni on front pastedown

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