Overo discorsi della vita sobria.

24mo: [16, engr. title incl.]-123 pp. (dampstaining throughout).

Contemp. calf, gilt ruled covers, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed).

Successful work (1st: Padova, 1558) by Luigi Cornaro or Alvise Cornaro (1475?-1566), Venetian nobleman and patron of arts, on secrets to living long and well through sobriety and moderation. Illustrated with a frontispiece captioned "Non ut edam. Sed ut vitam".
Ref. STC Italy (17th c.) I:262. - Not in Wellcome, Krivatsy (other ed.), Vicaire, Oberlé, Bitting.
Prov. Contemp. ms. note on title.