Florentinus, Antoninus:

Secunda pars summe domini Antonini. De vitiis deque eorundem annexis variisque insertis.

      Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 17 Aug. 1490.. Folio, ff. [272]. Printed in blackletter in two columns, 60 lines per page. Wormholes in text area (about a dozen in first and last 20 leaves, reducing to only two that span the text-block), none larger than a character with minimal effect on legibility. Some underlining, early notes, and simple rubrication, all in red. Title a bit dusty, with small area of worming in blank margin, a later ownership inscription and a red blotch (from the rubrication ink) above title. Contemporary pigskin-covered wooden boards, sides partly bevelled, brass clasps, old paper label to spine, scratched and wormed, head of spine worn. Bookplate of the Library of Dominican Fathers to upper pastedown. Saint Antoninus Florentinus (1389-1459), birth-name Antonio Pierozzi, entered the Dominican order in 1405 and became Archbishop of Florence in 1446. He was canonised by Pope Adrian VI. Among his writings are a history of the world and several manuals for confessors and penitents; these latter are mostly abridgements and selections from his major work, his 'Summa Theologica' (sometimes called the 'Summa Moralis'), which was first published in 1477 and reprinted more than a dozen times within 50 years. Antoninus based much of his 'Summa', especially the first part, on the more famous 'Summa' of Aquinas, but his most significant contributions came when he narrowed the focus to moral theology, devoting parts two and four to vices and virtues in particular. The four parts were generally each issued separately: in this edition, they appeared in separate months from July and December 1490. This is the second part, dealing specifically with vices. GW 2191. Goff A-877. ISTC ia00877000..