Author: MARCOUL, SAINT, ABBÉ OF NANTEUIL:
Title: La vie tres-ample de monsieur S. Marcoul Abbé & Consesseur. La Feste duquel se celebre le premier iour de May, Il viuoit y a mil ans. Rheims, chez la veufue Jean de Foigny, près le College de bons Enfans, 1603.
Description: . Pp. (32). With large woodcut of saint Marcoul healing a child on title. Modern boards. Some minor staining and one leaf with small marginal repair. Marcoul (Marcouf or Marcoult) is a saint of the Catholic church, who lived in the 6th century in Normandy. Hid relics in Corbigny had the reputation of curing scrofula and skin deases. The book concludes with a series of dietary advice and medical prescriptions. Rare. See Frère, Bib. Normande ii, 506. Lelong i, 12251.

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