Written in Germany(?) in a cursive book hand; on paper; anchor watermark (not found in Bricquet or Mošin)
Title from incipit to liber primus (leaf [16v])
With index (leaves [1-15]); incipit (leaf [1r]): Aditus quid est.libro p[ri]mo.cap[itu]lo iiij.
Leaf [16r]: Incipit prologus sancti Augustini ep[iscop]i in librum de Ciuitate dei vel sententia de libro recitationu[m] s[an]c[t]i Aug[ustin]i super libru[m] de ciuitate dei feliciter.
With a decorated initial (black, red, white, blue) beginning Prologue and each book; rubricated.
With marginal gloss mostly in a lighter ink (very little after leaf [176]); some catchwords.
Leaves pricked at outer edges.
Stub bound in between leaves [257] and [258]
"Dono Dn̊i de Trompes Canci. Tor." - on front end paper.
Bound in leather over oak boards, blind stamped with fleur de lys decoration; rebacked; remains of brass clasps.
With the book label of the comte de Chandon de Briailles (probably Paul)