Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cavalca, Domenico, -1342
Title:
Libro molto deuoto & spirituale de fructi della lingua.
Alternate Title(s):
Libro molto devoto e spirituale dei frutti della lingua
Published / Created:
Impresso in Fire[n]ze : Per Ser Lorenzo Morgiani & Gioua[n]ni di Piero tedesco da Maganza, Adi quatro di septembre .M. CCCC. LXXXXIII. [4 September 1493]
Physical Description:
[90] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28 cm (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0674
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from title page on leaf [a1] recto.

Caption at incipit on leaf a3 recto reads: In nomine omnipotentis dei patris & filii & spiritus sancti Amen. Incomincia Ellibro di frate Domenicho Caualcha de Vico pisano dellordine de predicatori intitolato Efructi della li[n]gua.

Imprint from colophon on leaf o5 recto, which reads in full: Impresso infire[n]ze appresso a sancta maria maggiore per Ser Lorenzo morgiani & Gioua[n]ni di Piero tedesco damaganza. Adi quatro di septembre .M. CCCC. LXXXXIII.

Text in two columns.

Woodcut illustration of Christ in glory on leaf [a1] recto.

Woodcut initials on leaves a2 recto, a3 recto and a4 recto.

Space left blank for initial, with printed guide letter, on leaf c8 recto.

Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ c⁸ d⁶ e⁸ f-i⁶ K⁶ l-o⁶. First leaf [a1] unsigned.

Incunabula short title catalogue, ic00331000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C331

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6400

Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 4779

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0674: Imperfect: title leaf only, with woodcut illustration ("Christ in Glory"). From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Contents:
Title page, with woodcut, [a1]r; Domenico Cavalca. Preface, a2r; table of contents, a2r-v; Domenico Cavalca. Frutti della lingua, a3r-o5r; colophon, o5r; printer's register, o6r.
Subject Terms:
Speech in literature. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Morgiani, Lorenzo de', active 1490–1500, printer. | Petri, Johann, active 1472–1498, printer.