The immortal mentor, or, Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy, and happy life : in three parts / by Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott.

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1796
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Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy, and happy life

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Philadelphia : Printed for the Rev. Mason L. Weems, by Francis and Robert Bailey, no. 116, High-Street, 1796.

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iv, 321 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm (12mo)

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Compiled by Mason L. Weems
A free and abridged translation of Luigi Cornaro's Discorsi della vita sobria, together with The way to wealth, and Advice to young tradesmen, by Benjamin Franklin, and A sure guide to happiness, by Thomas Scott. The work by Cornaro is followed by an "Appendix. Golden rules of health, selected from Hippocrates, Plutarch, and several other eminent physicians and philosophers"
Some copies have a recommendation by George Washington mounted facing the title page. Cf. Austin and ESTC
The works by Franklin and Scott have divisional title pages; register and pagination are continuous
Signatures: [A]² B-O⁶ P⁶(-P6) Q-2E⁶
NLM copy: lacking the Washington recommendation.
Film 633 reel 55 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 55, no. 1011).

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Evans 30282
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 228
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1011
Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 155
ESTC (RLIN) W19874

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1957. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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