Chancery 4to (204 x 138 mm). Collation: a⁶. 6 leaves. 31 lines. Roman type, woodcut initials. (Final leaf with repair affecting 6 lines with letters supplied in pen facsimile, some minor soiling.) 18th-century printed paper wrappers (modern tape repair to spine). Provenance: Walter Goldwater (1907-1985), American antiquarian bookseller (bookplate).

Cardulus’s oration was delivered on 4 march 1493. The letter of Cardinal de La Porta is erroneously dated at the end “Ex Roncilione die secund Iunii.Mcccclxxxxiii’, which probably stands for 1491. In some copies, the last two numerals in the date are scored out. Goff C199; HC(Add) 4511*; Pell 3302; BMC IV 135; BSB-Ink C-150; GW 6134; ISTC ic00199000.