Theologia moralis

New edition, after the original published in 1625. Text in two columns in small characters.
Contemporary full pigskin binding stamped on bevelled wooden boards. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Paper title label with faded ink. Large blind-stamped panel on covers, series of floral frames including one with a frieze of haloed saints bearing names. Central roundel. Brass clasps, without the straps of which only the stub remains on the lower cover. 4 small brass plates positioned on the edges near the headcaps. Worming. Some yellow stains on the lower cover. Numerous leaves browned. Worming to endpapers. First endpaper lacking. Fine specimen of a stamped pigskin binding.
The author's most famous work which enjoyed considerable success. This moral theology encompasses all theological aspects of morality and ethics (faith, justice, sin, conscience, excommunications, etc.). It should be noted that Laymann criticized the persecution of witches. Originally from Innsbruck, Laymann, a learned Jesuit, taught theology, philosophy and grammar at Ingolstadt, Munich and Dillingen.
2 stamps: Bibl. Trever; bibliothek Geisthingen