Natta, Marci Antonii Nattae Astensis Volumina quaedam nuper excussa, numero et ordine, qui subiicitur, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1562, contemporary limp vellum

Natta, Marcantonio. Marci Antonii Nattae Astensis Volumina quaedam nuper excussa, numero et ordine, qui subiicitur. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1562

Folio (280 x 187 mm). Roman type, 45 lines plus headline. collation: A-X⁴ (X4 a blank): 84 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso, woodcut historiated initials, early marginal annotations and underlining. (Title-leaf frayed and stained, staining to last few leaves, a few leaves with marginal worming, foxing, marginal repair to X3.)

binding: Early limp vellum (285 x 195 mm), flat spine with longitudinal title. (Some staining, spine title smudged.)

provenance: Contemporary marginal study notes in a single hand, in books 1-5 — early signature on title and below colophon “Baldassarii de Bonannii”. acquisition: Purchased from Massimo Caputi Rare books, Zoetermeer, 2018. references: UCLA 664; Renouard 186/9; Edit16 47076; USTC 844312; Adams N-71