THOMAS AQUINAS

"First Plantinian edition of Thomas ab Aquino's (1225-1274) Summa, designer of the Dominican scholastic (in opposition to the ""Scotists"", followers of John Duns Scotus), edited by a group of theologians of the University of Louvain and divided in 3 parts on respectively God, Man and Christ. It ""became a manual of preaching materials that supplanted the medieval Dominican works designed for that specific purpose"" http://www.library.nd.edu/rarebooks/exhibits/dominican/belgium/1569_Aquinas.html) and was reprinted in 1575 (2nd ed.) and 1585 (3rd ed.). The rare last part (220 pp.) described by Voet and containing the general indices, is included in this copy at the end of vol. 2. Very neat edition printed in small characters on 2 columns. Ref. Voet 2312; Sorgeloos 427; BT 4505; Adams, A-1433; Matagne T-44; not in Machiels. Provenance: Fr van Den Brande, Willebroek (1779)"