76/2041 [Bindings. Pentateuch Bindery]. Cohausen, J.H. Dissertatio satyrica physico-medico-moralis de pica nasi, sive tabaci sternutatorii. Amst., J. Oosterwyk, 1716, (20),177,(11)p., engr. frontisp., 18th cent. red mor. binding by the PENTATEUCH BINDERY, both covers w. central gilt tooled ornament surrounded by four single gilt tooled daffodils within richly gilt tooled border w. vegetal motif and triple gilt fillet lines, gilt inside dentelles w. floral motif, richly gilt spine w. 6 compartments w. gilt tooled flower in centre, gilt boardedges, 8vo.

- Bookblock loose; occas. trifle/ sl. stained in outer blank margins; verso first blank w. sl. later annot. in pen and ink; new endpapers. Spine-ends chipped/ sl. dam.; corners showing; two dark spots on frontcover; binding badly worn along extremities.

= On the binding: Storm van Leeuwen pp. 410-436. On the contents: R. Immensack, Bibliographie als Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Tabakliteratur von 1579- 1995, no. 1439; Bibl. Wall. 19519; Arents III, 604: "(...) Cohausen sought to demolish forever the custom of snuffing, through the most vitriolic attack published to that date." Johann Heinrich Cohausen (1665-1750) was born at Hildesheim, became a doctor of medicine in 1669 and the Bishop of Munster's physician in 1717 (...) His works include a number of satirical works (...) and some medical treatises (Manly P. Hall coll. 52). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.