Domenico Cavalca / [Tractato o uero libro chiamato Pungi lingua] Florence: 1494

Description: [Tractato o uero libro chiamato Pungi lingua] [Drop title: In Nomine patrie & filii & spiritus sancti Amen] Author: [Incunable] Domenico Cavalca Title: [Tractato o uero libro chiamato Pungi lingua] [Drop title: In Nomine patrie & filii & spiritus sancti Amen] Publication: Firenze [Florence]: Bartolommeo di Libri, 1494 Description: Very Good-. Firenze [Florence]: [Bartolommeo di Libri], 1494. Small quarto (21cm.); contemporary paneled calf crudely rebacked in gilt-tooled calf sometime in the 17th century; [222]pp. (of 224), collated and lacking pictorial title page, otherwise complete. Leather worn along margins with some shallow exposure, panelling partly effaced, textblock a bit finger-soiled and shaken in binding, otherwise a Very Good, albeit imperfect example, enhanced by the presence of occasional contemporary manuscript marginalia, including three manicules.A series of morality tales written in vernacular Italian by the Dominican friar Domenico Cavalca (ca. 1270-1342). A lifelong resident of the Santa Caterina monastery in Pisa, Cavalca worked closely with a number of local religious women's communities and his written works, composed in vernacular Italian, enjoyed a strong female readership during his lifetime and well after it--the copying and dissemination of his works following his death have been largely attributed to the religious women for whom the works were written. Cavalca's oeuvre also had a strong influence on Boccaccio's "Decameron," and this work, the "Pungi lingua" in particular, divided into more than thirty tales of moral and religious consequences, greatly influenced the younger author's framing. However, Boccaccio divorced moral behavior from earthly destiny even more starkly than Cavalca--in Boccaccio's universe an evil man who has never done a good deed in his life can still enjoy an undeservedly sumptuous burial, an event that could never have happened in Cavalca's tales. (For more information see Olivia Holmes, "Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature" (2023), pp. 56-7 & 63-5).Title and imprint provided by OCLC no. 180691275 and ISTC no. IC00341000; see also GOFF C-341. Seller ID: 31215 Subject: Italian Language, Italy / Italian Writers, Middle East, Religion / Theology Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore located on historic Capitol Hill in Washington DC, with three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books. [Note: Our online inventory is stored and managed at a separate location from at our brick and mortar shop. If you have a question about an item listed online, please send a direct message here rather than calling the store so that we can make sure someone familiar with the item in question can respond.] Terms Books described only as First Editions are First Printings unless otherwise specified. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available (please contact for estimates). We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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