Jacob Balde - Die Truckene Trunkenheit ... Satyra oder Straff-Rede wider den Mißbrauch des Tabaks - 1658

Balde, Jacob: The Drunkenness of the Truck / A / from Jacob Balde P. Soc. J. Latin-German satire or satire speech against the abuse of tobacco. Along with a discourse on the name / origin / nature / strength and effect of this herb. (Rewritten by Sigmund von Birken). Nuremberg, Endter 1658. With copper title page. 3 pages, 256 pages. Reprint around 1900, with calligraphic back title. 13 x 8 cm.

VD17 14:641707D; Dünnhaupt No. 24; Westermayer 85; 217-218; Arents 265. - Translation of Baldes' 'Satyra contra abusum tabaci'. - The Bavarian court preacher Jakob Balde (1604–1668) strongly opposes the dangerous habit of smoking. He vividly describes the unpleasant smell of smoke: 'From one / who is badly recommended to people / we tend to say: He stinks. Who would praise these odorous ones / when their nose immediately judges: They stink! / And how could they not be foul-smelling / since they smell so badly / because they are constantly smoking? Therefore, people flee from them / as from lepers; I might almost say / as from the plague. You will already smell this crowd / rather this herd…'. - A smoker smells as bad as seven corpses. Pregnant women who smoke are wished to give birth to deformities with 'jet-black lips'. - Backer with stamp of the Botanical Station in Hallstatt. Slightly browned, overall quite well-preserved copy of the rare satire!