Gothic rotunda type.

Alphanumeric quire marks.

Octavo format. 

It appears the fragment was originally covered by a blank piece of paper that formed the binding's front pastedown. This has mostly come off, but some residue remains. A paper book label was later pasted on top of the fragment. 

Red vertical lines ('Strichelung') marking out the beginnings of new sentences.

Strasbourg.

The title page of Herlufsholm 508.20 is identical to the one of Christoph Plantin's Leiden edition of this work from the same year (USTC 422251) except for the place of printing. Plantin had moved his business from Antwerp to Leiden in 1583, so the present volume was printed there, too, despite still listing the old location on the title page. 

The host volume belonged to Herlufsholm Skole, a private Latin school located in Næstved, Sealand founded in 1565 on the grounds of a secularised Benedictine monastery, St Peders Kloster. The old library of Herlufsholm was transferred to the University Library of Southern Denmark in 1968-69. This book is part of a donation made to the school by count Otto Thott (1703-1785), who became warden of the school in 1763 until his death in 1785. Well-known for his book collecting, he gave about 6000 volumes to Herlufsholm’s library in several shipments beginning in 1777.

Two pre-Thott owners left inscriptions in the volume, one H.J. Scheel and one Georgius Moganter (?). Both are unidentified. 

The binding is a simple laced-case binding with visible endbands. It originally had laces to keep the parchment from warping, but these are no longer extant. The volume shows traces of minor fire damage. It was restored by bookbinder Axel Pedersen (A.P. Kons.) in 1976 according to a stamp on the back endleaf.