Date of imprint, supplied as apostrophus, precedes name of printer on t.p.

Printed by Coattino for the Aldine press.

Preface by editor, Aldo Manuzio, addressed to the members of the senate of Bologna, dated March 1, 1589.

Morando's speech dedicated to Francesco de Gonzaga, cardinal of Mantua.

Signatures: [dagger]⁴ A-F⁴.

"Superiorum permissu.".

Vignette on colophon.

Printer's device: Coattino's device on t.p. (the infants Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she-wolf, the goddess Minerva sitting beside them, with helmet and staff, and holding a tiny statue of winged Victory in her palm); large ornamental initials; head- and tail-pieces.

Text printed in large roman type.

Not in Adams.

Jerome P. Webster Library of Plastic Surgery.

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 448

Ascarelli, F. Cinquecentine romane, p. 174

EDIT 16 CNCE 24271