Cavalca, Pungi lingua, [Milan, 1475], later vellum

Domenico Cavalca

Pungi lingua. [Milan: Christopher Valdarfer, c. 1475]

4to (267 x 187mm.), 96 leaves, [a¹⁰ b-l⁸ m⁶], double column, 34 lines, roman type, later vellum, red morocco lettering-piece, occasional light staining, a few marginal wormholes, binding refurbished, lettering-piece slightly frayed

A fourteenth-century treatise on the use of one's tongue (in both senses, speaking and eating), written alongside Frutti della lingua, the latter on the virtues that come from the good use of the tongue, and Pungi lingua on the vices from bad use, in particular gluttony, the dangers of excessive talking and lying.

This is probably the second edition, following the 1472 Rome edition.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ic00337000

PROVENANCE:

"Questo libro si e de Joseph de li Ferarii horefice [goldsmith] in mlo [Milano?] al signo del solle", early inscription at foot of second leaf