Antonino Diana — Resolutiones Morales in Compendium Redactae

Lugduni, Jacobum Cardon, 1634. Leather. A very scarce original Latin edition of Antonino Diana's casuistic treatise, an important moral Catholic work. In Latin. A very scarce work.'Resolutiones Morales' is a Catholic moral theology work, written during an era of religious turmoil in Europe, a casuistic treatise.When first published, the work was met with approbation.Illustrated with decorative engraved head and tail pieces.Antonino Diana was a Catholic moral theologian. A famous casuist, he was a consultor of the Holy Office of the Kingdom of Sicily and an examiner of bishops under Urban VIII, Innocent X, and Alexander VII. In a calf binding. Externally, sound with bumping and wear to extremities, slight cracking to rear joint and slight loss to leather at head of spine. Front hinge tender and may detach with further handling. Rear hinge strained. Bookplate to front pastedown of the St Augustine's Abbey library, Ramsgate. Rear pastedown lifted and starting. Internally, binding loosening in places, with some pages detaching. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots and some tidemarks. Chipping to final page, affecting text slightly. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .