Title

Giovanni Boccaccio

On Famous Women

(without year or place)

original: "absque anno et loco." This is a standard bibliographic note indicating the book lacks a printed date or location of publication, a common feature of very early printed books known as incunabula.

in very ancient type

original: "typis antiquissimis." This refers to the archaic style of the typeface used by the printer.

A metal paperclip is attached to the left edge of the page. In the center, there is a faint, illegible watermark or drawing visible through the paper. Some printed text from the following page can be seen bleeding through on the right edge, a phenomenon known as ghosting or bleed-through.