Traité des Eunuques, dans lequel on explique toutes les différentes sortes d'Eunuques, quel rang il ont tenu, & dans quel cas on en a fait, &c. On éxamine principalement s'ils sont propres au Mariage, & s'il leur doit être permis de se marier. Et l'on fait plusieurs Remarques curieuses & divertissantes à l'occasion des Eunuques, &c. Par M***. D***.

First edition. Title page with sphere. Dedicatory epistle to M. Bayle, signed C. d'Ollincan, anagram of Charles Ancillon.
Contemporary full brown grained sheep binding. Decorated raised spine. Havana morocco title-label. Headcaps partially torn. 2 corners bumped. Overall rubbing. Brown dampstain traces on the first 2 leaves.
Excellent and curious history of eunuchs within society, based on civil and religious law. Ancillon traces in short chapters the different causes of castration, in East and West, supporting his discourse with numerous anecdotes. The work was composed on the occasion of the marriage of an Italian castrato, the author examining texts and various objections to determine whether or not a eunuch has the right to marry.