Manuscript - [BECDELIEVRE (Pierre de)]. Commentarius in Ethicam Ar[istote]lis. sl, 1727. In-4 of [1] f. (engraved portrait of Aristotle by Moncornet), [669] pp. handwritten in ink, one engraved portrait of Saint Peter, one folded printed leaf with engraved portrait of Saint Sebastian (restored tear), [7] pp. of handwritten index, [6] blank ff. and [1] final f. bearing on verso the inscription "Pierre de Becdelievre Premier President de la Cour des Aydes, fondateur de l'Hopital / 1727" surmounted by his large arms drawn in ink. Light marginal spotting on a few pages. Brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title in gilt letters ("Petrus / de Bec/delievre/Dequevilly") (contemporary binding). Covers and corners slightly worn. Pierre de Becdelièvre (1639-1726), Marquis of Hocqueville and Cany, lord of Grainville la Teinturière, first President of the Court of Aydes of Normandy, was the founder of the hospital of the Religious of Charity after Louis XIV had given him, by decree of the Council of 24 November 1695, the sickhouse of Saint-Jacques (existing since the 13th century in Grainville) as well as all the leprosaria in the surrounding area. He commissioned the construction of the buildings and chapel in 1700 and brought in monks from the Order of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, who remained there until the French Revolution. Ex-libris of the Grainville hospital. Ex-libris JM.