1522. BOOK: (GOTHIC-HUMANITIES). AQUINATIS, THOME:... Lot 39

1522. BOOK: (GOTHIC-HUMANITIES). AQUINATIS, THOME: AUREA SUMMA CO[N]TRA GENTILES... ORDINE PREDICATORUM NOVITER SUE REDDITA I[N]TEGRITATI. ALIISQUE NOVIS QUIBUSDAM ADDITIONIBUS IN MARGINE APPOSITIS EXORNATA. Venice: heredum nobilis viri.q. Dñi. Ocatavini Scoti (heirs of Octavius Scoto), 1522 (in colophon). Folio menor. 4 h. + 129 fol. Gothic typography in two sizes, text in two columns. Cover with beautiful woodcut engraving and at the end of the work the printer's typographical mark also in wood. Engraved by BRUGALLA on full leather with dry irons on both planes, ribs, dry irons on the spine, golden threads on the edges and eyebrows, golden cuts. The literary work of Saint Thomas reflects the concerns of his time and shows his fidelity to the Dominican line. That is why his writings distil concern for the themes of doctrinal struggle between infidels and heretics with the friar preachers.