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 et sept savants personnages. Saint-Omer, Charles Boscart, 1624. In-12, red half-chagrin, spine decorated with gilt fillets, spotted edges (19th century binding). Second edition, partly original, of these facetious dialogues on drunkenness and gluttony. Written by the Jesuit father Antoine de Balinghem (1571-1630), a native of Saint-Omer who taught philosophy in Douai before becoming a priest in Lille, this pleasant collection was first published in Lille in 1615. The text contains a wealth of anecdotes and interesting information about Flemish customs in the early 17th century. This edition is enlarged with many new chapters and articles, and is followed by a series of propositions by Carême, in which he attempts to explain that sensual pleasures transform man into a beast, damage his health, sadden his soul and lead him to damnation. Corners rubbed, inside slightly foxed, small scattered dampstains, inscription crossed out on title, small angular lack on f. ã3, ink stain pp. 16-17. Vicaire, 62 - Bitting, 26 - Drexel, 745 - Simon, Gastronomica, n°442 - Sommervogel, I, 834. Also included: PLATINA (Bartholomeo de Sacchi). De l'Honneste volupté, livre très nécessaire à la vie humaine, pour observer bonne santé. Paris, Jehan Ruelle, 1559. In-12 half fawn basane, spine ribbed, brown title page (Binding late 19th century). [8]-CCLXIIII (264) ff. Rare reprint of the translation of the first French version of this work, by Desdier Christol, of Montpellier, the first edition of which was printed in Lyon by François Fradin in 1505. Title: state B: 1559 (typographical error, for 1539). A modest copy.