De schat der soberheit, of Bequame middel tot onderhouden der gezontheit [...]. Met een Handeling van de nuttigheden van’t sober leven, door Ludovicus Cornarus [...].

Amsterdam, P. Arentsz, 1682

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12mo: [24]-211-[11] pp. (some toning and spotting).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (endpapers lifted). Very good copy.

Uncommon Dutch translation of the treatise on living soberly by the famous Jesuit Lessius (1554-1623), 1st publ. in 1613 as "Hygiasticon". With an additional text by the Venetian engineer Alvise Corner (1467-1566), taken from his "Discorsi della vita sobria" (1550). Engr. front. Printed in Gothic type.
Ref. STCN 842429557. - Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:388. - Bibl. Walleriana 1046. - Muller 769. - de Vries 477B. - van Eegen 40. - Cp. Krivatsy 6917 (1681 ed.). - Not in Wellcome, DBS (other ed.).
Prov. Old name on flyleaves.