The fragment had been used as the front pastedown of a copy (pressmark K.31.d) of ‘Politicorum et Oeconomicorum Aristotelis Interpretationes (etc.)’ (Francofurti, 1581) by Joachim Camerarius.

The text is written in double columns, the sentences within each section being introduced by initials alternately in red and blue, and the title of section 38 being entirely in red. In the lower margin of the side that had been pasted on to the inner board are a number of mostly insignificant inscriptions, amongst which is an undated note of ownership by an unidentified William Bassett in a hand apparently of the late 16th century.