CORNARO, Lewis. [Luigi].

Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Heathful Life: With Means of Correcting a Bad Constitution, &c. Written originally in Italian, By... , a Noble Venetian, whn he was near an Hundred Years of Age. And Made English. The Fifth Edition. London, Printed for D. Midwinter & A. Ward, 1737 [BOUND WITH]: William, Beveridge. D.D. A Sermon Concerning the Excellency and Usefulness of Common Prayer. Preached by...(now Lord Bishop of St Asaph) at the Opening of the Parish-Church of St. Peter's Cornhil, London, the 27th of November, 1681. The Nineteenth Edition. London: printed for ...

      12º. Contemp. marbled boards, red sprinkled edges, very good internally, upper joint cracked, spineends worn, covers rubbed; a few fore-edges of Beveridge cropped by binder, affecting some text bookplate of Robert Thornton, Clapham xviii, (1), 120 pp.; The first work, is an English edition of a classic by Cornaro (1463-1566?). “The most remarkable Instance of the Efficacy of Temperance towards the procuring of Long Life, is what we met with, in a little book published by Lewis Cornaro, the Venetian; ... The Treatise I mention, has been taken notice of by several eminent authors, and is written with such a spirit of cheerfulness, Religion, and good sense, as are the natural concomitatnts of Temperance and Sobriety. The mixture of the old Man in it, is rather a Recommendation than a Discredit to it.”—Spectator Vol.3, No. 195.