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652 - [ANGELUS CARLETUS DE CLAVASIO]. [Summa de Casibus Conscienti…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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[ANGELUS CARLETUS DE CLAVASIO]. [Summa de Casibus Conscientiae.] [Chivasso], Jacobinus Suigus de Suico, 1486. Gothic in-4 (22 x 16 cm) comprising [362] folios, signed b-y8 z12 AZ6, and 1 quire of [10] folios, signed i-[x] (loose), all rubricated in blue and red. Old water stains. A few rare small wormholes. Ink stains on f. z1. Missing the 6 introductory leaves (marked with a Maltese cross), the eight leaves of quire a, and the last two leaves of quire Z (according to the colophon in Z6). Brown calfskin over cold-stamped wooden boards, ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Binding badly damaged. First edition of the ‘Summa Angelica’, a major work by Angelo Carletti of Chivasso (1411–1495), a theologian of the Order of Friars Minor. It was printed in the author’s hometown and is here preserved in a contemporary binding. Comprising 659 entries arranged in alphabetical order, this veritable dictionary of moral theology, inspired by John of Fribourg’s “Summa Confessorum”, enjoyed immense success and saw no fewer than 31 editions before 1520, the year in which the work was publicly burnt in Wittenberg by Martin Luther, who regarded it as one of the principal symbols of Catholic orthodoxy. Early handwritten notes on the endpapers. Bookplate bearing the seal of an Italian religious congregation (S. Francisco di Pietra Santa). Bookplate bearing the seal of Paul Chapuy, mining engineer.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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