Colophon has full page printer's device and reads: Francofurti ad Moenum: typis Joannis Görlini, Anno M DC LXIV.

Possibly issued as part of the author's Nuclei historiae universalis, printed in two volumes in Augsburg and Ulm, 1664, and/or Historiae universalis cum sacrae, tum profanae nucleus, first printed Ulm, 1664.

This volume contains an entry for 1493 concerning Columbus' voyage to the new world, a 1577 entry for the Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation, and several other new world references.

Woodcut map with title "Hispaniarum descriptio chronologica" is counted as gathering A1, p. [1], 2nd count.

Signatures: [par.]⁸ ([par.]1 verso blank) [par.]A-[par.]D¹² ([par.]A4 missigned [par.]B4) ([par.]A1 verso blank) [par.]E⁴

Errors in paging: p. 49 misnumbered as 149; p. 52-53 misnumbered as 152-153; p. 56-57 misnumbered as 156-157; p. 60-61 misnumbered as 160-161; p. 64-65 misnumbered as 164-165; p. 68-69 misnumbered as 168-169; and p. 72 misnumbered as 172.

Woodcut vignette of cherub on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.