Traité des dispenses du carême [...].

2 vol., 12mo: [44]-505-[17], [6]-529-[14] pp. (some fox., min. marginal dam., some traces of use, water staining last pp. and table of contents vol. I and marg. vol. II, err. pag.).

Contemp. calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, red leather title labels, marbled endpapers (worn, some def.).

Second edition (1st 1709) of this important work on the study and the influence of fasting on health by Hecquet (1661-1637), dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris and a.o. doctor of the house of Vendôme. His library - about 2,600 vol. - formed the basis of the one of the Medicine Faculty.
Ref. Barbier IV:778. - Blake 202. - Wellcome III:232. - BnF.