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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €200 - €300
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Baroque Balinghem, Antoine de Congressus Pomeridiani et sermones symposiaci contra cibi potusque intemperantiam, ad benè beateque vivendum. Cologne, Klinck, 1620. 437 pp. Small 8°. Pp. (slightly bumped and tanned, minor foxing) with handwritten title page. First Latin edition. – VD17 23:284996H – De Backer-S I, 834. - Jöcher, I, 743. - A significant work of moral theology and cultural history from the Baroque period. Contains afternoon discourses between a prince and seven learned men on intemperance in eating and drinking. The group of scholars comprised 1 theologian, 1 canonist, 1 lawyer, 1 politician, 1 physician, 1 moral philosopher and 1 historian. From the perspective of these seven different disciplines, the text examines why excessive eating and alcoholism are harmful. What makes this work distinctive is that the subject is not merely condemned from a purely theological and moral perspective (as sin). The physician highlights the physical harm caused, the lawyer and politician address the social and legal consequences of drunkenness, and the historian underpins this with examples from history. - Slight tanning; name and stamp on title page. An important Baroque work of moral theology and cultural history. It contains afternoon discourses between a prince and seven learned men on intemperance in eating and drinking. The group of scholars comprises a theologian, a canonist, a jurist, a politician, a physician, a moral philosopher and a historian. Each of the seven disciplines explains why excessive eating and drunkenness are harmful. What makes the work unusual is that it does not treat the subject solely in theological and moral terms, as a sin. The physician explains the physical harm, the jurist and the politician the social and legal consequences of drunkenness, and the historian supports their arguments with examples from history. – Browned; name and stamp on the title page. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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