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559 - Incunabulum - Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica. Parts 2/2 and 3 (of 3) in 1 volume. Basel, Michael Wenssler, 1485. 240 (of 242) unnumbered folios; 159 (excluding 1 blank) unnumbered pages. Leaves printed in two columns, 62 lines, consistently rubricated in red and blue, with 2 color-painted and gilded initials on leaves a2 and Aa2 and numerous colored initials. 40 x 27 cm. Contemporary blind-embossed leather binding over wooden boards with a handwritten spine label (partially restored, worm-eaten, clasps missing).
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Incunabulum - Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica. Parts 2/2 and 3 (of 3) in 1 volume. Basel, Michael Wenssler, 1485. 240 (of 242) unnumbered folios; 159 (excluding 1 blank) unnumbered pages. Leaves printed in two columns, 62 lines, consistently rubricated in red and blue, with 2 color-painted and gilded initials on leaves a2 and Aa2 and numerous colored initials. 40 x 27 cm. Contemporary blind-embossed leather binding over wooden boards with a handwritten spine label (partially restored, worm-eaten, clasps missing). GW M46436 - Hain 1434 - Goff T-194 - Haegen, Basel 47. - Collation: 2,2: a10, b-n8, o1-3, 6-8 (without o4-5), p-z8, aa-ee8, ff10, 1-6; III: Aa-Rr8, Ss1-8 (excluding S9= blank) Ss10, Vv6; block size: 38.5 x 26 cm. - Rare early Basel print. A total of 3 parts were published in 4 sections. - Slight moisture stains along the edge at the beginning and end; minor wormholes throughout, more severe at the beginning and end. - Provenance: “Ex Libertrali donatione Dois Henrici Wemmers Pastoris in Bienen atributus sum R. R. P. P. Capucinis Xantis” (on fol. a1 vo.) *
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