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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Autor principal: Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623
Autor Corporativo: Jesuit Collection
Otros Autores: Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566, Smith, Timothy
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Latin
Publicado: London : 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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Health promotion > Popular works > Early works to 1800.
Hygiene > Popular works > Early works to 1800.
Longevity > Popular works > Early works to 1800.
Diet > Popular works > Early works to 1800.
Gluttony > Early works to 1800.
Temperance > Early works to 1800.
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Notas: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.
Descripción Física:[8], 97, [1], 38 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

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