PULCI, Luca

Ciriffo Caluaneo di Luca Pulci Gentil'huomo fiorentino. Con la Giostra del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici. Insieme con le Epistole Composte Dal Medesimo Pulci. Nuovamente ristampate Florence, Giunti, 1572 COPY WITH THE ARMS OF THE ENGLISH COLLECTOR JOSEPH GULSTON. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD AND JOHN ROLAND ABBEY In-4 (212 x 144 mm). Typographical mark on the title page, woodcut headbands, initials and endpapers COLLATION: *2 A-G8 H4 I2: (2) ff, 121-(1) pp, (1) f. CONTENTS: *1r : title, *2r : dedication, *2v : table, A1r : text, I1r : errata, I2r : register and colophon Eighteenth century binding. Blue morocco, gilt decoration, arms in the center of the boards, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated with vertical titling, gilt edges PROVENANCE: Joseph Gulston, English collector, connoisseur and member of Parliament (1745-1786; arms) -- Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870; armorial bookplate "Library of Ragley Hall" with the motto "Fide et amore") -- John Roland Abbey (1894-1969; armorial bookplate with the motto "Deus nobiscum quis contra", dated 1933; his sale, London, III, 1967, No. 2120) Old marginal restorations at *2 and H2. Spine faded. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 851687 -- EDIT16 28418 -- Brunet, IV, col. 966 WEBOGRAPHY: for Gulston provenance, see British Armorial Bindings: https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/ordinaries/ostrich-wing