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Music and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 74. Summa angelica de casibus conscientiae [with additions by Hieronymus Tornieli]. Strassburg: Martin Flach (printer of Strassburg), 26 March 1495.

Summa angelica de casibus conscientiae [with additions by Hieronymus Tornieli]. Strassburg: Martin Flach (printer of Strassburg), 26 March 1495

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November 30, 03:17 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Angelus de Clavasio

 

Chancery folio (282 x 195mm.), 358 leaves, [2-5] [1-5] a8 b-e6.8 f-g6 h8 i-p6 q8 r-z A-Z AA-HH6 II8, double column, 54 lines, gothic type, red initials and initial-strokes, first initial in blue and red with penwork decoration, contemporary calf over wooden boards, covers tooled to a diaper pattern with small flower tools, two clasps, head of title-page excised, opening at start of text slightly browned, binding worn and rebacked, lacking both clasps

 

One of numerous incunabular editions of the dictionary of moral theology by Angelus de Clavasio (Antonio Carletti, 1411-1495), first printed in 1486.

 

LITERATURE: ISTC ia00725000

 

PROVENANCE: D.L. Cumming, signature on flyleaf

 


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