Antoninus, De censuris ecclesiasticis, Venice, 1474, modern calf

Antoninus Florentinus

De censuris ecclesiasticis, sive de excommunicatione. De sponsalibus et matrimonio [and with some papal bulls]. Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 23 September 1474

4to (246 x 163mm.), 136 leaves, a-b¹⁰ c–k⁸ l⁶ m–q⁸ r⁶, double column, 40 lines, gothic type, initials supplied in red or blue with penwork decoration, headlines and foliation supplied in red ink, quire catchwords supplied in black ink, modern calf over wooden boards tooled in period style, some deckle edges

FIRST EDITIONS, A TALL CRISP COPY with attractive decoration. Antoninus (1389-1459), a Dominican and a follower of Giovanni Dominici (see lot 95), was the first prior of the new monastery of San Marco and became archbishop of Florence in 1446. He advised Nicholas V about the reform of the clergy. This volume contains his works on ecclesiastical punishments and on matrimony, along with some papal bulls on the subject of excommunication.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ia00776000

PROVENANCE:

"Pertinet ad locum Spineti", early inscription at start of text (the abbey of the Santissima Trinità di Spineta, near Siena?)