TRAITE DE LA JALOUSIE MOYENS D'ENTRETENIR LA PAIX DANS LE MARIAGE
Paris: Chez Helie Josset, rue St Jacques, a la Fleur de Lys d'or, 1674. Leather-bound. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Full leather,small octavo [6x4 inches]. Hinges, spine chipped and spine leather worn and brittle. 182pp + index. Engraved title page. Binding tight. Writing in ink [fountain pen] at bottom and also obverse of title page in French, in at least three hands. Also a partially faded small stamped blue bookplate with partial name (Charles Hennegui?) and some ink writing in same hand on rear pastdown. Text clean with light toning and bit of foxing. Good. Item #80912
The author presents jealousy not as the popular concept that it is a proof of love, but rather that it is a biological disease and hopes this knowledge will lead to a peaceful marriage.
Price: $175.00