Salis [Baptista de] Summa casuum conscientiae. [With:] SIXTU...

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Salis [Baptista de]
Summa casuum conscientiae. [With:] SIXTUS IV, Pope. Bulla. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 14 April 1488.
Bound with
Damascenus, Johannes.
Theologia Damasceni, quattuor libris explicata.
Paris, Henri Esteienne, 5 Feb. 1512.
Il. Title of the Damsacenus printed within a circular frame which is surrounded by a broad ornamental border of angels with the arms of the Université de Paris at the top; numerous ornamental initials, some very large and several woodcut diagrams.
2 works in one. Folio. 276 leaves. 60 lines plus headline, gothic letter and double columns. II: 203 [1] (blank)ff. Early 16th century South German blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, sides divided by double fillets into compartments, central panel filled with pineapple(?) tools within diaper design and an outer panel of an ornamental roll-tool and with an eagle(?) enclosed in a circle at each corner. Both original clasps intact.
I: Second edition of this dictionary of terms used in civil and canon law and one of the most important works on casuistry in the middle ages. It concerns the sins and punishments of the church as well as the rights and duties of marriage. At the end is a papal bull of Sixtus IV, dated 30 December 1479, which concerns the abuse of pardons made through absolution without official papal consent. First published in 1484 with at least six editions printed before 1500.
Il: Second edition of this interesting text, but the first to contain the commentary of Jodocus Clichtovaeus. The work includes a description of the heavenly bodies, their motions and other natural phenomena, as well as a table of the zodiac for the year 1507. There is also a section on geography which is followed by a description of Paradise, then others of man, his passions and faculties. This is one of Henri Estienne's most beautiful productions with a wide variety of ornamental initials of various sizes.
Two blank lower margins with small pieces torn away as a result of an original paper defect, but otherwise in excellent condition. 320mm x 260mm.