Three theological treatises in one volume, by Dominican theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274).  [Basel: Martin Flach, ca. 1472-1474]. Latin.

Volume comprising three works:

1. De articulis fidei et ecclesie sacramentis – a summary of the principal articles of the Christian faith and the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church (ends mid-leaf 12).

2. Tractatus de periculis contingentibus circa sacramentum eucharistiae – a theological and practical discussion on the dangers attendant upon receiving the Holy Eucharist (ends mid-leaf 15). Formerly attributed to Aquinas, but attributed by modern scholarship to Bernardus de Parentinis (cf. CIBN, ISTC).

3. De regimine Judaeorum – "On the Government of Jews" – Theological-legal epistle composed by Thomas Aquinas at the request of the Duchess of Brabant (Ducissam Brabantiae), addressing the status of Jews in Christian Europe. The work discusses various economic and administrative matters, including taxation, prohibition of usury, and restrictions on dress, residence, and occupations. While Aquinas advises against excessive oppression, he stresses the need to maintain separation from Jews to prevent religious influence.

This treatise became one of the most influential sources shaping Church policy towards Jews throughout the Middle Ages.

Fine copy, with wide margins. Opening initial ornamented in gold and red; spaces left blank for later initials throughout (left blank in the present copy).

Enclosed: three 19th-century manuscript leaves, excerpt from Summa Theologiae, Part II-II, Question 12 (De jactantia – On Boasting).

[18] leaves (35 pages). 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases, and minor wear. Marginal annotations, signatures, and ownership inscriptions of the English historian C. W. de Poer Kennedy on the endpapers, title page margin, and other leaves. Bookplate of German physician and bibliophile Georg Kloß (1787-1854). Half-leather cardboard binding; red leather label (with incorrect imprint details). Wear and defects to binding.

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.

Rare. Not in the catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

See: ISTC it00283000; GW M46403; Goff T-283; Hain 1430; BMC III 741; CIBN T-120; IGI 9527; Hillard 1942; Sack (Freiburg) 3389; BSB-Ink T-214.