Small octavo later vellum with manuscript spine title [48]pp prelims +798pp. Name dated 1816 on fly leaf & early ownership inscription on titlepage. *Book of extraordinary events & memorable facts such as Gutenberg's invention of printing and the travels of Christopher Columbus (p634). The only edition with an extensive alphabetic index of proper names. Latin translation by C. Gilinus of the Italian original, which was never printed (Brunet II 1422, Graesse II 645).