Octavo, 63 leaves; final blank present, bound in modern half parchment with printed waste paper covering the boards, some toning, 6 x 3 1/2 in.
Hessus makes a poetical treatment of diet and principles of health with comprehensive scholia by the physician Pierre Haschaert. His glosses on the poet's observations pull from classical medicine, clinical practice, and contemporary reports from explorers, including mention of savage man-eaters in the Americans and Russia. Hessus, who had his own struggles with the bottle, includes a chapter on different kinds of drunkenness and hangover remedies. Earlier editions bore the title De Tuenda Bona Valetudine.
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