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JOOSTENS, PASQUIER (D. 1590?). Pascasii Justi De Alea Libri Duo...Amsterdam: Ludovic Elzevir, 1642. 32mo in sixes (4 x 2 ½”). Engraved title page by C.V. Dalen bearing the image of gamblers at a table with chips, dice, and cards strewn about. Contemporary full vellum binding, ink title to spine (Some rubbing, soiling to binding, front hinge broken, inkstamps and a bookplate to ffep, a few gutters overopened. First published in 1561 in Basel by Oporinus. OCLC 16904730. A rare anti-gambling book by Elzevir in Latin, apparently the first to call gambling a disease.