Anon. author & imprint from GBV.
Paper leaves. Overall preservation mediocre/bad. In need of restauration. Text legible, dampstains heavier in the beginning, browning and staining throughout, fingersoil throughout. Leaves ripped often, mainly from gutter towards the center. Some crudely excuted minor repairs done. Binding falling apart, leaves from register to leaf VI almost undetached.
Imperfect, wanting ff. XXIII, XXXIX, XLII, XC-XCII, XCVII-C, CVII-CVIII, CXLVIII, CLI, CLXXVIII-CLXXXI, CXC-CXCIII, CCLXVA, CCLXXXI, CCLXXXIII-CCLXXXVII (world map & colophon). Partial rips, text not complete ff. VII, XI, XIII, XIV, XXIX, XXXVIII, XXXVIII, CII, CV, CXXI, CLXXXIII. Register misbound, ff. [9-10] after f. [2].
Leaves cut considerably smaller, c. 41 x 28 cm. As a result leaf number and caption missing on leaf IV, and occasional glossae only partially legible. Glossae are done before the cutting, most are probably in 16-17 th. c. script, mostly NB:s and underlinings.
Presentation: Richly illustrated, not coloured. Biblical illustrations, portraits, Genealogical engravings, 2 engraved maps, descriptions and pictures of cities. Woodcarvings same as in latin version, some contain latin.
Black ink throughout, no colouring.
Collation: [a¹⁰ b⁶ c⁴-e⁴ f⁶-i⁶ k² l⁴ m⁶-o⁶ p² q⁶-r⁶ s⁴-z⁴ A⁶-C⁶ D⁸ E⁶ F⁴ G⁶-Z⁶ aa⁶-bb⁶ cc⁴-dd⁴ ee⁶-gg⁶ hh⁷].
Half vellum.