A treatise of health and long life : with the sure means of attaining it, in two books : the first by Leonard Lessius, the second by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian /
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Printed for Charles Hitch, at the Red Lyon in Pater-noster Row, James Leake in Bath, and William Flackton in Canterbury,
1743.
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| Item Description: | Signatures: [pi]⁴ B-F¹² G⁸. Numbering on pages 36 and 37 (last sequence) is reversed. Woodcuts: head and tail pieces; initials. With an initial leaf of biographical information about Leonard Lessius, taken from Collier's Historical Dictionary. Contents: 'Hygiasticon: or, a treatise of the means of health and long life' by Leonardus Lessius, and: 'A treatise of the benefits of a sober life' by Luigi Cornaro, with separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous. Review of A treatise of the benefits of a sober life, from Spectator, Vol. III, No. 195, on [1] p. preceding 38 p. text near back. A variant has "Thomas Smith" in the title (Cf. ESTC T217946) "Price 1s. 6d. Stitcht, Bound 2s."--T.p. |
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| Physical Description: | [8], 97, [1], 38 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo) |