The temperate man, or The right way of preserving life and health, together, with soundness of the senses, judgment, and memory unto extream old age. In three treatises. The first written by the learned Leonardus Lessius. The second by Lodowick Cornaro, a noble gentleman of Venice. The third by a famous Italian. Faithfully Englished

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  • The temperate man, or The right way of preserving life and health, together, with soundness of the senses, judgment, and memory unto extream old age. In three treatises. The first written by the learned Leonardus Lessius. The second by Lodowick Cornaro, a noble gentleman of Venice. The third by a famous Italian. Faithfully Englished
  • Hygiasticon. English
  • Esser miglior la vita parca della splendida & sontuosa. English. ; Treatise of temperance and sobriety.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed by J.R. for John Starkey, at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple Bar, 1678.
Added name
Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566. Discorsi della vita sobria. English.; Herbert, George, 1593-1633, translator.; Ferrar, Nicholas, 1592-1637, translator.; Landi, Ortensio, approximately 1512-approximately 1553. Esser miglior la vita parca della splendida & sontuosa. English.; Sheppard, Thomas, attributed name.
Publication year
1678
ESTC No.
R32465
Grub Street ID
115175
Description
[36], 168 p. ; 12°.
Note
The first part is a translation by Nicholas Ferrar of "Hygiasticon"; the translation has also been attributed to Thomas Sheppard, and to George Herbert, who translated the minor pieces included in the volume. See Joyce Ransome, 'George Herbert, Nicholas Ferrar, and the Pious Works of Little Gidding', George Herbert Journal 31/1-2 (Fall 2007/Spring 2008), pp. 1-19

Includes "A treatise of temperance and sobriety" by Luigi Cornaro, a translation of "Discorsi della vita sobria", and "A discourse", a translation of "Esser miglior la vita parca della splendida & sontuosa" attributed to Ortensio Landi

Preface signed: T.S

With 3 approbations from physicians

First leaf bears advertisement.