Natta, M. Antonii Nattae Astensis Opera, Venice, [Paolo Manuzio], 1564, English brown calf, ca. 1640

Natta, Marcantonio. M. Antonii Nattae Astensis Opera. De immortalitate animae libri V In Domini Natale, oratio. De Quadragesimali ieiunio, oratio. De poenitentia, oratio. In festum diem Paschatis, oratio. De fuga saeculi, et studio religionis, ad nouitium monachum, liber. De perfecta vita, liber. De poetis, liber. Metra poetica, liber. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1564

Folio (300 x 95 mm). Roman and italic type, 43 lines plus headline. collation: A⁴ B-Z⁴ AA-HH⁴ II⁶: 130 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Dampstaining, some foxing and toning, marginal tear to R3.)

binding: English brown calf (305 x 205 mm), ca. 1640, covers framed by double blind fillets, gilt arms of James Ussher (stamp 2), Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland (the See of Armagh impaling Ussher), in center, edges stained red. (Rebacked with original spine laid down, some cracking to spine.)

provenance: James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, armorial supralibros — inscription "P. Bonnet M. Pr. ord. 1682" to front pastedown (possibly Benedictine Père Simon Bonnet (1652-1705) — inscription "L Fourcy Mault" (?) to title- page, possibly referring to a member of the Fourcy family — Balthasar-Henri de Fourcy, abbé de S. Wandrille (1669/1674?

-1754), ex libris — Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var), Benedictine convent, inkstamps to front pastedown and title-page

— Leona Rostenberg, New York. acquisition: Purchased from Leona Rostenberg, New York, 1970. references: UCLA 705; Renouard 194/6; Edit16 47078; USTC 844313