First edition, octavo, woodcut printer's device to title, one leaf with text woodcuts; final two blanks present, the last pasted down inside back cover; some marginal worming affecting a few signatures; older signature somewhat scratched away at foot of title page; bound in full contemporary limp parchment, 6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.
"One of the earliest monographs on finger-rings, especially treating the history, development, uses, and significance of rings as used for official purposes or as seals, with appropriate remarks from earlier authors inserted in the text." [Sinkankas 4036.]
