Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life. With Means of Correcting a Bad Constitution, &c. By Cornaro To Which are Added Rules for Health and Directions for Life By Addison

by Cornaro, Lewis and Joseph Addison Esq.

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London: D. Midwinter and A. Ward, 1788 Fifth Edition. Full leather with five raised bands and brown label on spine. Six chapter 151 pages. The Sure Way of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life at front. 44 page Rules for Health and Directions for Life by Joseph Addison at back. The six chapters in Cornaro s work include 1. OF a Sober and Regular Life 2. How to Correct a Bad Constitution 3. A letter to Signior Barbaro, Patriarch of Aquilea, by which we may learn how to enjoy a compleat happiness in old age 4. Of the Birth and Death of Man 5. A Letter from a Nun of Padua, the Grand-daughter of Lewis Cornaro. 6. Extracts from the History of M. de Thou, and the Dialogues of Cardan, concerning the method of prolonging a man s life, and preserving his health. Lastly is a section of Maxims concerning the prolonging of Life. Addison s work is divided into four sections entitled Spectator 411, Spectator 289, Spectator 317 Spectator 574. The first work was originally written in Italian by Cornaro, a noble Venetian, when he was near a hundred years of age. Translated into English. Printed for D. Midwinter, at the Three Crowns in St. Paul s Church-yard; and A. Ward, at the King s-Arms in Little-Britain. A paragraph from The Spectator Vol. III No. 195 printed opposite the title page talks of Cornaro s treatise. Original 18th century binding. Leather cracked at hinges with some wear at corners. A little perimeter marginal staining of first few pages front and back from oiling of leather. Top

• Publisher: D. Midwinter and A. Ward
• Year: 1788
• Binding: hardcover

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