Antoninus, Summa theologica, Speyer, 1487, contemporary stamped German calf

ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS

Summa theologica. Quarta pars. Speyer: Peter Drach, 17 February 1487

part 4 only (of 5), Chancery folio (297 x 210mm.), 366 leaves, double column, 57 lines plus headline, gothic type, a2 with 8-line illuminated initial in blue on a gold ground with leafy extensions (south German style), smaller initials in red, contemporary German calf over wooden boards using the tools of Jörg Schapf (though without his name stamp; Kyriss 63; EBDB w000045, active Augsburg, c. 1469-1486), two clasps, lettered along foot of textblock and with volume number on foredge, occasional light browning, F4-7 probably supplied from another copy (tipped-in and slightly shorter), last leaf browned with a marginal wormhole, rebacked, lacking one strap

LITERATURE:

ISTC ia00876000 (all 5 parts)

PROVENANCE:

Reformed Franciscans of Bolzano, inscription at head of a2; John Francis Neylan, of San Francisco, bookplate, sale, Sotheby's, 28 May 1962, lot 90, £50, bought by; F. Fasting, Rio de Janeiro, ink stamp on inside front cover; sale, Sotheby's, 14 May 1979, lot 13