Title from half-title page (leaf A1r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf z6r): Opus de claris selectis[que] plurimis mulieribus a fratre Ia. philippo Bergomense editum explicit: maxia cu[m] diligentia reuisu[m] [et] castigatu[m]. per Reuern. sacre theolgie doctore[m] Magistru[m] Albertu[m] de place[n]tia: [et] fr[atr]em Augustinu[m] de Casali maiori eiusde[m] facultatis Baccalariu[m] ordinis mio[rum]. Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m]. Opera [et] i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia. tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re. M.cccclxxxxvij ...
Colophon (leaf z6r): Opus de claris selectis[que] plurimis mulieribus a fratre Ia. philippo Bergomense editum explicit: maxia cu[m] diligentia reuisu[m] [et] castigatu[m]. per Reuern. sacre theolgie doctore[m] Magistru[m] Albertu[m] de place[n]tia: [et] fr[atr]em Augustinu[m] de Casali maiori eiusde[m] facultatis Baccalariu[m] ordinis mio[rum]. Ferrarie i[m]pressu[m]. Opera [et] i[m]pensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia. tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re. M.cccclxxxxvij ...
Printed in Rossi's types 2:81G and 5:105G.
Signatures: A⁴ a-e⁸ f⁶ g-p⁸ q-x⁶/⁸ y-z⁶: 176 leaves.
Paper format: Super-chancery folio
Errors in foliation: LXIII, LXVIII, LXIX, CXXVIII misnumbered LXII, LXIX, LXX, CXXX respectively; CXXII, CLIX repeated.
The caption title on A2r exists in two states. In one state, the caption title is printed on three lines; in another state, the final word "Prologus." is printed separately in a fourth line. Consult Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library.
Woodcut title page and printer's device (Husung 34) on leaf z6r.
172 woodcuts (including repeats, from 56 blocks) of famous women in text. Most of the cuts are only representations, but a few at the end of contemporaries (mostly ladies of the houses of Sforza, Catarina, natural daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, &c.) have the appearance of being likenesses. Consult Perrins.
Full-page woodcut architectural border (dated MCCCCLXXXXIII) on leaf A1v, repeated on a1v, enclosing a different back-ground woodcut illustration (that on A1v depicts the author presenting his work to Beatrice of Aragon); a different full-page woodcut border on a2r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31 x 20.5 cm., trimmed.
De plurimis claris selectisque mulieribus
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Red capital strokes and underlining of headlines, incipits, and marginal notes. Annotations: Minimal contemporary marginal notations in text, mainly at beginning.