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BACON, ROGER. The Cure of Old Age, and Preservation of Youth. [40], 156, [6], 108, [10] pages. 8vo, 170x104 mm, modern mottled sheep with morocco lettering pieces; marginal toning and dampstaining throughout, most noticeably on opening leaves, title with later signature in upper margin and minor repair in lower outer corner. London; Tho. Flesher and Edward Evets, 1683
first edition in english of a 13th-century treatise derived from Arab sources, with a strong astrological bias, " . . . a curious work . . . containing many strange recipes and rules of diet to keep young"--Duveen, page 38. Appended is a tract by the Portuguese physician Duarte Madeiro Arraiz on the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden, which was supposedly capable of giving eternal life. Wing B372; Sarton II, 959.
