Edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles.

Begins [leaf [alpha]1r]: dialogos stephanou tou melanos bibliopōlēs kai philomathēs.

Colophon (leaf 2[Zeta]5v): Anno ab incarnatione .M.cccc, lxxxxviiii die xv nouembris, Impressum, Mediolani impensa & dexteritate D Demetrii Chalcondyli Ioannis Bissoli Benedicti Mangii Carpensium.

First edition.

Signatures: [alpha]-[omega]⁸ 3[alpha]-3[lambda]⁸ [Alpha]-[Omega]⁸ 2[Alpha]-2[Delta]⁸ 2[Epsilon]-2[Zeta]⁶.

Two hand-stamped corrections appear on leaf 2[Zeta]6r. Cf. BM 15th cent.

In some copies, the verses on leaf 2[Zeta]6r contain the misprints "Calcbondilo", "achænm", "iuterpetre", and "preter". Cf. BM 15th cent.

Woodcut printers' device (Husung 47) on leaf 2[Zeta]5v.

Initial spaces, a few with guide-letters.

Printed on sheets of "median"-size paper.

Includes verses by Antonius Motta and Joannes Salandus, a dialogue by Stefano Negri, and a dedicatory letter by Giovanni Maria Cattaneo.

Hain-Copinger, 15135*.

Proctor, 6077.

Goff, S-829.

BM 15th cent., VI, 792 (IC.26913).

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1998 ed.), is00829000.

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 3163-3165.

From the William Norton Bullard Collection.

In this copy the misprints on ZZ6r have been corrected. Without rubrication. Blind-stamped leather; back cover detached.