Gregorius I, Moralia in Job [Italiano], Florence, 1486, contemporary morocco

Gregorius I

Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [Italian] Sopra la vita di Job [translated by Zanobi da Strata, and Giovanni da Tussignano?]. Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 15 June 1486

2 parts in one volume, Median folio (333 x 230mm.), 110 leaves (of 362) and 264 leaves, part I: a¹⁰ b–z [et] [con] aa–ee⁸ ff gg¹⁰ hh ii ll–tt⁸ uu¹²; part II: A–EE G–Q⁸ Aa¹⁰ Bb–Ii Ll–Rr⁸ Ss⁶, double column, 43-44 and 47 lines, roman type, first initial in gold on a blue and pink ground with fine white decoration and marginal leafy etensions, at the foot of the page the arms of the Malegonnelle family within a laurel wreath and with similar decoration, other initials supplied in blue, some with red penwork decoration, contemporary Italian (Florentine?) blind-tooled morocco over wooden boards, four round metal bosses on covers, two clasps with shell-shaped catchplates (later?) and replaced straps, vellum endleaves, new pastedowns, occasional light foxing, binding slightly rubbed, some wormholes in spine and a few elsewhere

First Italian translation of Gregory the Great's commentary on the Book of Job, some chapters by the fourteenth-century Florentine humanist Strada, and the rest by another, generally thought to be Giovanni da Tossignano.

This is just the second volume of a set this work which was bound into two and divided between books 13 and 14; this volume begins with the list of chapters of book 14 (leaf ff10) and then contains from quires gg to the end.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ig00435000

PROVENANCE:

Malegonnelle family of Florence, arms at foot of gg1; Gustavo Galletti, Florence, ink stamp at foot of gg1