Title romanized from Greek. Contents on t.p. in Greek and on t.p. verso in Latin. Text in Greek.
Imprint from colophon (leaf L[Lambda]8r): Venetiis in domo Aldi Romani summa cura laboréq[ue] præmagno. Mense Augusto M. IIII. D. Ab Ill. Senatu V. concessum est nequis &c. ut in cæteris. Vale qui legeris.
Begun by Guarino of Favera and Carlo Antinori, assisted by Angelo Poliziano; edited by Aldo Manuzio and Giovanni Valeriano.
Includes a letter from Aldus the Elder; a letter from Politian to Guarino da Favera (Varinus Camers); poems in Greek by Politian, Aristobulus Apostolides (Arsenius Apostolis), Scipione Forteguerri (Carteromachus) and Aldus the Elder; a letter from Forteguerri to Guarino; a letter from Guarino to Piero de' Medici.
Signatures: *¹⁰; a[alpha]-i[iota]⁸ K[kappa]-L[lambda]⁸ z[psi]⁸ & [omega]⁴ A[Alpha]-D[Delta]⁸ E[Epsilon]⁶ F[Zeta]⁸ G[Eta]-K[Kappa]⁸·⁶ L[Lambda]⁸
38 lines of Latin, 30 lines of Greek. Types: 146 Gk., 114 R., 114 Gk. First letters of paragraphs set out. Catchwords at end of quires. Capital spaces with guide letters.
Each lettered signature also lettered in Greek characters.
For variants, see CIBN T-109.
Keras amaltheias kai kēpoi Adōnidos
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Minimal marginal notations in text. Modern French bibliographic notes citing Renouard and Panzer (front fly leaf).