Antoninus, Saint, Abp. of Florence

Tertia pars totius su[m]me maioris beati Antonini [i.e., Summa theologica, pars tertia]

      [Argentinae:: Johann Gr!ninger,, 1496].. Full modern calf old style: Spine with raised bands, accented with gilt rules, small gilt place/date stamps, and otherwise plain (with no labels); rules in blind extending onto covers from each band to terminate in trefoils with blind double fillets beyond. "Title-page" with 17th-century notes about the author and the printing of this work in a very neat hand in Latin. Light waterstaining in some margins; pin-type wormholes in lower margin of early leaves. A few leaves with browning due to impurities in water during paper manufacture; paper in fact excellent. Lacks final blank (only). A fine production.. Folio ( 31 cm; 12/25"). [311 of 312] ff., lacks final blank. . Fame would descend on at least three of the would-be Dominicans who made their noviates in 1405 at Cortona under Br. Lawrence of Ripafratta. They were Fra Angelico - the painter; Fra Bartolommeo - the miniaturist; and St. Antoninus (1389-1459) - the reformer and theological writer.#11; Summa Theologica Moralis is the saint's principal work and was written shortly before his death. Scholars say it marks a new and considerable development in moral theology, as well as containing a fund of matter for the student of the history of the 15th century.#11; Offered here is vol. III (of 5) of the Strassburg, 1496, incunable edition from the press of Johann Gruninger. It is printed in gothic type, double-column format of mostly 67 lines, with some guide letters (unaccomplished) and spaces for capitals.#11; Provenance: 1630 ownership inscription; later in the library of a divinity school, deaccessioned.