Hoc presenti libello humili stilo edito ad faciliorem lege[n]tiu[m] intellectu[m] co[n]tinentur honorifica gesta solemnes cerimonie [et] triu[m]phi nuper habiti in suscipie[n]da magna atq[ue] egregia sacratissimi pri[n]cipis Maximiliani Romanor[um] Imperatoris, semper augusti simul et illustrissimi ac pote[n]tissimi sui filii Karoli principis castelle archiducis austrie legatione. |b Ad serenissumu[m] pote[n]tissimumq[ue] principe[m] He[n]ricu[m] septimu[m] Anglie [et] Fra[n]cie Regem, d[omi]n[u]mq[ue] hybernie, destinata. Pro spo[n]salibus et matrimonio inter prefatu[m] illustrissimu[m] principem Karolum, [et] illustrissima[m] ac nobilissima[m] pri[n]cipem Dominam Mariam prenominati regis He[n]rici filia[m] charissimam co[n]trahendis. Necnon ritus [et] ordo in huiusmodi sponsalioru[m] et matrimonii celebratione ...

Signatures: A-D⁶·⁴ E⁴; 2 full-page woodcuts, English arms on last page & printer's device on verso of last leaf.
F.1[superscript]a [symbol] Petri Carmeliani Carmen. Anglia perpetuoa: tibi det rosa rubra triuphos. Pertatuum no ... bello humili stilo edito ad faciliorum legētiū ... f.7a full-page out. f.7[superscript]b Rege sub suo aureotentorio aedente Oratoreq regis aragonum ... f.14[superscript]b. full-page out; f.24[superscript]a [symbol] Petri carmeliani De illustrissimory prīeipū Castelle, Karoli 7 Marie, spōsalib Carmen. Line 36, Coniugium: Demus nocte die preces. [symbol] Laus Deo. 24[superscript]b Pynson's device,.
For a description and reproduction of the woodcuts, see A.W. Pollard, "Some notes on English illustrated books" in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, vol. VI (1903).
Pynson's device on last page (McKerrow 9B).
This is an account of the marriage, by proxy, 17 December 1508, of Mary, daughter of Henry VII. to the Prince of Castile, later Charles V.
Title from A1v; A1r contains a dedicatory poem with heading "Petri Carmeliani carmen." Apart from another Carmelianus poem on the final leaf, the work is anonymous.
Two full-page woodcuts included in pagination.