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: translated into English, by Timothy Smith, apothecary.

  • Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.
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Hygiasticon. English

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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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8 unnumbered pages, 97 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 38 pages ; 12mo (17 cm)

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ESTC T217946

Notes

Translation of Hygiasticon.
Book 2 has separate title page and paging; numbering of p. 36-37 reversed.
At foot of t.p.: Price 1s. 6d. Stitcht, Bound 2s.
The translator is named in the titles of other editions as "T." or "Thomas" Smith.
Initial leaf: Extract from Collier's Historical dictionary.
Copy 1 Note: Bound with: Adam's luxury. 1744. Bookplate of Horatio Nelson Fisher. Also booklabel 'From the collection of cookery books formed by John Hodgkin, F.L.S.'.
Copy 3 Note: Bound with: Boyle, R. Medicinal experiments. 1731.

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