Title from incipit caption, leaf [1]/3r: P. Candidi de ciuilibus Romanorum bellis ex Appiano Alexandrino traductis in latinum. Liber primus.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [17]/7v (in verse): Hic est Alexandrius Appianus / A Candido lingu[a]e latin[a]e patrono / Romanus. Hunc impressit & Vindelinus / Quem Spira nobilis parens d[a]edalei / Produxit ingeni faceti l[a]epidiq[ue]. Carmen est Raphaelis Zouenzonii Istri poetae. M.CCCC.LXXII.
Printed in De Spira's type 1:110R.
Collation: [1¹⁰ 2⁸ 3¹⁰ 4-7⁸ 8¹⁰ 9-12⁸ 13-14¹⁰ 15⁸ 16¹⁰ 17⁸]: 148 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [17]/8 blank.
Paper format: Median folio.
Pars II comprises the five books of De bellis civilibus, Illyrica and Celticorum epitomen (CIBN).
Translated by Petrus Candidus Decembrius. With verse colophon by Raphael Zovenzonius.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 34 x 22.2 cm.
De civilibus Romanorum bellis
Hand decoration: Contemporary illumination and rubrication, woodcut-stamped white vine border (leaf [1]/3r) and initials illuminated and painted in dark red, blue, and green. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations, in 2 Italian hands, throughout text but primarily at beginning and end. Contemporary manuscript alpha-numeric quire sigantures.