Cavalca, Pungi lingua, Florence, 1476-77, old wooden boards, Ricciardi-Landau-Galletti copy

Domenico Cavalca

Pungi lingua. Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii, Alemannus, [1476-1477]

4to (272 x 191mm.), 117 leaves (of 118, without final blank), a¹⁰ b–i l–p⁸ q⁴, 31 lines, roman type, intial spaces, contemporary wooden boards with later leather spine attached with nails and blind-tooled in period style, two clasps, boards slightly chipped

For the earlier Milan edition, see lot 73.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ic00338000

PROVENANCE:

Francesco Ricciardi di Vernaccia, armorial bookplate; F.M. de Angelis, small printed armorial label at foot of first leaf; Conte Gustavo Galletti of Florence, ink stamp on first leaf; Baron Horace de Landau, bookplate