Tycho Brahe had arranged for his nephew, Albret, to study in Padua in 1590, and Albret's brother Jørgen (or Georg), who owned this copy of Parabosco's Lettere amorose (perhaps a souvenir of his studies abroad?), followed in his footsteps shortly thereafter.

The rear free endpaper contains 54 lines of French love poetry in a near-contemporary hand (‘Helas permetras tu’, ‘Amour ma pris par la ficelle’, ‘Odieux qui du pourpris celeste’), with verse on a similar theme in another near contemporary hand to the front endpapers.