1661 Rare Vellum Book - Saint Thomas Aquinas ' Theologicae Summae Compendium.

 

Author: Thomas Aquinas; Pietro Alagona.
Title: Doctoris Angelici S. Thomae Aquinatis Theologicae Summae compendium, Omnibus Omnino Theologis Iuxta Ac Concionaroribus Perquam Utile.
Language: Text in Latin
Publisher : Antverpiae, Viduae et Heredum Ionnis Cnobbari, 1661. 
Size: 5 " X 3 "
Pages: 667 pages
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed)  under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, some foxing and staining, light old ink stamp on title page - as shown).

The book: Rare and attractive 17th century edition of this Saint Thomas Aquinas ' Theologicae Summae Compendium by Pietro Alagona.

The author: Pietro Alagona (1549 – 19 October 1624) was a Catholic theologian.
Alagona was born in Syracuse. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1564, taught philosophy and theology, and was Rector of Trapani. He died in Rome. He published a compendium of the "Summa", which ran through twenty-five editions, and a compendium of the whole of Canon Law in two volumes, quarto. In the Jesuit College of Palermo there is also found a treatise by Alagona on Logic and Physics.