Written in a calligraphic script, ca. 14-20 lines per page, the ascenders on b d h l having filled-in loops. Elaborate pen-flourishes around the edges of the text are filled in with yellow and brown wash. The title and part-title on ff. 1 and 85 are within decorated frames. Perhaps written by the same scribe as MS Ital 143, Lodovico della Chiesa. Bound by Hippolite Duru in full crushed green morocco, spine and squares gilt, edges marbled and gilt. "Duru 1855" is stamped on the verso of the front endpaper. Bookplate of Baron Horace de Landau stamped with the numbers 354 and 357.
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