Title within engraved architectural border ornamented with vignettes of instrumentalists, a portrait of the author, etc. Head- and tailpieces; initials. The illustrations consist of 10 full-page engravings by Giacomo Franco; 8 of them, figures of dancers, occur from 2 to 7 times each

Part 2 has special half-title: Della Nobilta di dame ... libro secondo, nelquale s'insegnano varie sorti di balletti, cascarde, tordiglione, passo e mezzo, pauaniglia, canario, & gagliarde ..

The music, through p. 148, is in both tablature and ordinary notation; throughout the rest of the book, in tablature only

Second edition; 1st edition published 1581 under title: Il ballarino. A reissue of the 2d edition, entitled "Raccolta di varij balli fatti in occorenze di nozze, e festini" appeared in 1630

Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass., General Microfilm Co., [19--] 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. (Italian books before 1601, roll 4, item 8)