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Hurtado, Tomas (1570-1649) Chocolate y Tabaco, Ayuno Eclsiastico y Natural si este le quebrante Chocolate: y el Tabaco al Natural, para la Sagrada Comunion.
Madrid: Francisco Garcia, a cosat de Manuel Lopez, [1645].
First edition, octavo, bound in full contemporary Spanish limp parchment with inked title to spine, slight diagonal tear to covering material across spine, front ties present, lacking back ties; title page abraded with loss along fore-edge, paper loss affecting fore-edges throughout to a lessening degree, last half with bio-predation along edges and some loss; unevenly trimmed by the binder, resulting in a book shape more polygonal than rectangular, 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.
Father Hurtado, a professor of theology at Salamanca, took for himself the task of theologically rationalizing the use of tobacco and chocolate, recent introductions from across the Atlantic, on fast days. He concluded that drinks made with chocolate and tobacco could be consumed during a devout fast with ecclesiastical approval, citing the work of many learned authors.
