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ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS (1389-1459). Summa theologica, partes I-IV, with the Molitoris tabula [i.e. pt. V]. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1486-87.
Fifth edition, the second to be issued with the Tabula of Johannes Molitor as part V. A large copy with contemporary illumination and in a contemporary Nuremberg binding. No copy of this edition has sold at auction in over 40 years other than a single copy of part 3 only. Goff A-875.
Royal folio (398 x 278mm). Without two (of 8) blank leaves, major illuminated initial opening each of the 4 books in punched gold on a foliate ground within fictive frame, other initials in red or blue, rubricated (light worming touching a little text in first and final few quires). Contemporary Nuremberg blindstamped calf over wooden boards [Kyriss 120], title tooled on upper covers with traces of gilt remaining, title written on fore-edges, motif on upper and lower edges (rebacked preserving part of original backstrip, missing clasps, some wear at extremities). Provenance: Baumburg, Augustinian Canons Regular monastery of St Margaret (17th-century inscription) – Munich, Royal Library (duplicate note on pastedown).
Koberger printed a broadside to advertise his first edition of the Summa (1477-79), in which he detailed its contents and recited the great authors in each area of knowledge contained within: Plato and Aristotle in natural philosophy, Seneca in moral philosophy, Homer and Virgil in poetry, Demosthenes and Cicero in rhetoric. The Summa was the most extensive work on moral theology produced up to its time. It treats of the soul and its faculties, the passions, sin and the law, vows and infidelity and provides insight into the society, customs and economic life of the 15th century. A few sheets of parts 3 and 4 were printed on slightly smaller paper. H *1246; GW 2189; BMC II 430 (Tabula only); BSB-Ink A-598; Goff A-875.
Fifth edition, the second to be issued with the Tabula of Johannes Molitor as part V. A large copy with contemporary illumination and in a contemporary Nuremberg binding. No copy of this edition has sold at auction in over 40 years other than a single copy of part 3 only. Goff A-875.
Royal folio (398 x 278mm). Without two (of 8) blank leaves, major illuminated initial opening each of the 4 books in punched gold on a foliate ground within fictive frame, other initials in red or blue, rubricated (light worming touching a little text in first and final few quires). Contemporary Nuremberg blindstamped calf over wooden boards [Kyriss 120], title tooled on upper covers with traces of gilt remaining, title written on fore-edges, motif on upper and lower edges (rebacked preserving part of original backstrip, missing clasps, some wear at extremities). Provenance: Baumburg, Augustinian Canons Regular monastery of St Margaret (17th-century inscription) – Munich, Royal Library (duplicate note on pastedown).
Koberger printed a broadside to advertise his first edition of the Summa (1477-79), in which he detailed its contents and recited the great authors in each area of knowledge contained within: Plato and Aristotle in natural philosophy, Seneca in moral philosophy, Homer and Virgil in poetry, Demosthenes and Cicero in rhetoric. The Summa was the most extensive work on moral theology produced up to its time. It treats of the soul and its faculties, the passions, sin and the law, vows and infidelity and provides insight into the society, customs and economic life of the 15th century. A few sheets of parts 3 and 4 were printed on slightly smaller paper. H *1246; GW 2189; BMC II 430 (Tabula only); BSB-Ink A-598; Goff A-875.
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