Domenico Pingue. IL VERBO IN CARNE, PASTORALE SACRA. Rome: Per il de Martiis alla Pace, 1711. Full vellum, manuscript title on spine, all edges speckled. 12mo; +4 A-I12 K8. Italic type, discourse in Roman; text in Italian. A play in (5) acts. With "discorso in dilucidamento della Pastoral sacra VERBO IN CARNE a Raimondo e Celio Pingue" beginning at H11; with head-pieces and ornaments. Grässe 5/299.

4 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Very little is known about the author. Beyond being the author of several sacred plays, this title suggests he was also a doctor.

Boards mildly warped with typical age wear and discoloration, binding sturdy but tight; bookstore sticker on front paste-down, stamp on title page verso; pages lightly toned with scattered foxing and occasional minor damp stain at margins; lacking portrait frontispiece and (5) plates, otherwise complete; extremely rare with only one listed in Worldcat; according to Grässe, "cette édition a étté suprimée."