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Anton Koberger, 1477-9
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Antoninus Florentinus's Summa theologica
Anton Koberger, 1477-9
ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS (1389-1459). Summa theologica (Partes I-IV). Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, (I) 17 October 1478, (II) 10 October 1477, (III) 26 January 1478, (IV) 29 April 1479.
First edition of the complete set of the Summa theologica of Antoninus Florentinus, with contemporary Nuremberg illumination. 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. Koberger printed a broadside to advertise it, 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. HC 1242*; BMC II 416, 415, 417; BSB-Ink A-594; GW 2186; Bod-inc A-344; Goff A-871; ISTC ia00871000.
Four volumes, imperial folio (405 x 289mm). 252 leaves (of 254, without first and last blanks); 321 leaves (of 322, without initial blank); 462 leaves (of 464, without first and last blanks); 336 leaves (of 338, without first and last blanks). Large painted initials on gold grounds, one in silver, with partial floral borders, red and blue Lombard capitals, some with contrasting flourishing, red and blue paragraph marks (some decoration trimmed, soiling and worming at ends of each volume with loss to text and decoration, especially final leaf of first volume, repaired with loss to text, some light toning and dampstaining at edges). 18th-century calf, paper labels on spines (worn with losses of leather and corners showing). Provenance: Kaisheim, Bavaria, Cicercians (inscriptions) – Munich Royal Library (inscription and duplicate note) – acquired from Walter Schatzki, New York, 21 October 1957.
Anton Koberger, 1477-9
ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS (1389-1459). Summa theologica (Partes I-IV). Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, (I) 17 October 1478, (II) 10 October 1477, (III) 26 January 1478, (IV) 29 April 1479.
First edition of the complete set of the Summa theologica of Antoninus Florentinus, with contemporary Nuremberg illumination. 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. Koberger printed a broadside to advertise it, 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. HC 1242*; BMC II 416, 415, 417; BSB-Ink A-594; GW 2186; Bod-inc A-344; Goff A-871; ISTC ia00871000.
Four volumes, imperial folio (405 x 289mm). 252 leaves (of 254, without first and last blanks); 321 leaves (of 322, without initial blank); 462 leaves (of 464, without first and last blanks); 336 leaves (of 338, without first and last blanks). Large painted initials on gold grounds, one in silver, with partial floral borders, red and blue Lombard capitals, some with contrasting flourishing, red and blue paragraph marks (some decoration trimmed, soiling and worming at ends of each volume with loss to text and decoration, especially final leaf of first volume, repaired with loss to text, some light toning and dampstaining at edges). 18th-century calf, paper labels on spines (worn with losses of leather and corners showing). Provenance: Kaisheim, Bavaria, Cicercians (inscriptions) – Munich Royal Library (inscription and duplicate note) – acquired from Walter Schatzki, New York, 21 October 1957.
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