Franciscus de Platea, Opus restitutionum, Venice, 1472, modern calf gilt

FRANCISCUS DE PLATEA

Opus restitutionum, usurarum, excommunicationum. [Venice]: Bartholomaeus Cremonensis, 1472

4to (227 x 160mm.), 195 leaves (of 226), [aa-cc a-g¹⁰ h¹² i-t¹⁰ v⁴], 32 lines, roman type, initials and paraphs supplied in red or blue, foliation and headlines supplied in red, first initial in blue with red penwork decoration, modern tooled calf gilt, slipcase, lacking quires [aa-cc¹⁰] (containing table) and final blank

AN EARLY EDITION OF THIS EARLY TREATISE ON ECONOMICS, one of several printed in 1472, the first year of publication, and plausibly the first edition. Written by the Franciscan lawyer Franciscus de Platea (died 1460), it discusses the falsification of papal documents in the section on excommunication, and condemns inquisitors who extort money from suspected heretics. There is even a discussion about the proceeds of prostitution by nuns (he concludes that the convent should spend the proceeds on good causes).

LITERATURE:

ISTC ip00752000

PROVENANCE:

"Pertinet ad locum S.ti Daniellis de estra leonicii" (Lonigo?), inscription at end with the date 3 April; Colección Alfageme-Fontanals, name stamped on spine

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