In three parts, each with xylographic title.
Imprint from colophon, part III (Prophecies), leaf [con]6r: Cy finissent les prophecies merlin nouvellement imprime a paris lan mil.iiiic.iiii.xx.xviii. pour anthoine verart demourant sur le pont nostre dame a lymage saint Iehan leva[n]geliste ou au palays au premier pillier devant la chapelle ou len chante la messe de messeigneurs de parlement.
Printed in Vérard's types 3*:115G, 3**:119G, and 7:114G.
Signatures: part I (Le premier volume de Merlin): a⁶ ;A-X AA-PP⁶: 222 leaves, leaf PP6 blank; part II (Le second volume de Merlin): ā⁶; AAA-VVV AAAA-HHHH⁶ IIII⁴: 178 leaves; part III (Les prophecies de Merlin): A⁶ B²; a-o⁶ p⁸ q-z [et] [con]⁶: 160 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Woodcuts in parts I-II on paper copies (vellum copies usually with spaces for added illumination); no illustrations in part III.
In three volumes: I) Le premier volume de Merlin. II) Le seconde volume de Merlin. III) Les prophéties de Merlin. Vérard published another closely-resembling edition, which from the state of the cuts and the address must be dated after July 1503. It is unclear whether any of the parts registered here or described in the references belong in fact to the 1503 edition (ISTC).
PML copy is part III (Prophecies) only, on vellum, with date abraded from colophon.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31 x 22.5 cm.
Title in ISTC: Histoire de la vie, miracles, enchentemens et prophecies de Merlin
Hand decoration: Contemporary gilt initials and paragraph marks on red ground, gilt capital strokes. Ruling lines. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.