Tractatus de necessitate et modo ministrandi sacramenta tempore pestis. : In quo ducentae et duodecim ea de re quaestiones breuiter & dilucidè resoluuntur. Pastoribus caeterisque animarum curatoribus non modo vtilis, sed & pernecessarius. Octavo: [32], 540, [4] pages. This work deals with the plague, or more particularly not only with the medical and health problems but with those facing priests and their duty to their flocks, healthy or diseases. How were the seven sacrements to be performed? Waves of plague and warfare disrupted every aspect of the ideal confession. Rapid illness could make it impossible to travel to one’s parish priest, remember one’s sins or speak them aloud. When parish priests died and were not immediately replaced, people had to seek out other confessors. Some people had to confess without anyone to absolve them. Jean Chapeauville (1551 – 1617) was a theologian, historian and vicar general in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. This work appeared in several editions: this is the first edition, very scarce too. The condition is excellent although some pages have toned darkly while others are fine. The original lapped vellum binding is in very sound condition.