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of the Exhibition PETER SCHOEFFER : PRINTER OF MAINZ at Bridwell Library 8 September - 8 December 2003 |
7. SCHOEFFER’S FIRST SOLO PUBLICATION
THOMAS AQUINAS, Saint (1226-1274). Summa theologica, pars secunda,
secundus liber. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 6 March 1467.
This was the first book that Schoeffer printed alone after the death of
Johann Fust in 1466. It is the second edition of the most widely-read
portion of the most comprehensive and systematic statement of medieval
Christian doctrine, the second part of the second book of Thomas
Aquinas’ three-part Summa theologica. The first edition was printed by
Johann Mentelin (c. 1410-1478) at Strasbourg, not after 1463 (also owned
by Bridwell Library). The type composition for this book was a
monumental task. Even using the small “Durandus” type, it required 515
pages of text in double columns of 59 lines.
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Introduction
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9. Marchesinus 1470 | 12. Turrecremata 1474 |
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