SCHOOCK, Martin - Tractatus de Butyro. Accessit eiusdem diat - Lot 398

SCHOOCK, Martin - Tractatus de Butyro. Accessit eiusdem diatriba de aversatione casei. Hac altera editione aucta & vindicata. Groningen, J. Cöllen, 1664. In-12, (6) ff. 312 pp. slightly yellowed paper, contemporary vellum with flaps. VICAIRE 776. BITTING 422. Much more perfect edition than the first (Paquot I, 300). The author has assembled numerous quotations from classical and humanist literature on butter, its history and its various medicinal functions. Followed by a treatise on cheese, including the reasons for its unpopularity with some. (Rel. ens. du même:) Belgium federatum sive Distincta Descriptio Reip. federati Belgii. Editio altera. Amsterdam, Pierre van den Berge, 1665. Front, (5) ff. 426 pp. wet, front defr. with small lack. Martin Schoock (1614-1669) was a professor at the University of Groningen. In this work, he analyzes the structure and functioning of the Republic of the Netherlands, arguing for the sovereignty of the various provinces. -- Tractatus de quadruplici Lege regia. Frankfurt sur Oder, Héritiers de Job Wilhelm, 1668, (18) ff, 312 pp, some wetness, yellowed paper. The author discusses "royal laws", archaic legal forms, among the Hebrews, Romans and monarchies.