Written in German and Latin. Introductory material primarily in German, with the body in Latin. With several black-and-white engravings throughout. Covers soiled and worn on extremities with chips and tears, spine mostly separated and rubbed, pencil markings and underlinings on cover title page, as well as one in black ink and a stamp of "The Gruenbaum Collection". With the bookplate of H. P. Kraus and with the laid-in bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus.