BALINGHEM (Antoine de). Apresdinees et propos de table contr - Lot 177

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BALINGHEM (Antoine de). Apresdinees et propos de table contr - Lot 177
BALINGHEM (Antoine de). Apresdinees et propos de table contre l'excez au boire, et au manger pour vivre longuement sainement et sainctement. Dialogisez entre un prince & sept scavants personnages. Lille, Pierre de Rache, 1615. In-8, green morocco, double cold fillet, smooth spine decorated with cold fillets and fleurons, interior roulette, gilt edges (18th century binding). Title, (12) ff, 1. blank f., 588 pp. Rare first edition of this pleasant collection of facetious dialogues through which the interlocutor denounces, according to various anecdotes, drunkards and boozers, men or women. The theologian demonstrates that drunkenness is a mortal sin; the canonist enumerates the laws and sanctions against drunkards; the doctor explains that it is to endanger one's health; the historian cites some famous drunkards; while the moral philosopher discusses this theme, etc... "Our Jesuit is not only interested in the popular class: he also accuses the magistrate of compromising the interests of the city; the judge, those of his justiciables; the confessor, of exposing himself - when he has drunk - to betray the secrets of the confessional. The work is also a very curious and significant document on the customs and habits of the Flemish people" (Oberlé). Antoine de Balinghem (1571-1630) studied philosophy in Italy, then taught it in Douai and Louvain; he translated many Italian and Spanish books. Copy from the Kilian Fritsch library, with his bookplate (1993, no. 71). Spine slightly faded. Interior uniformly foxed. Vicaire, 62 - Bitting, 26 (1624) - Oberlé, Bachique, 71 (this copy) - Simon, 441.
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