Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
COGAN, THOMAS. The Haven of Health, chiefly made for the Comfort of Students, and consequently for all those that have a care of their Health, amplified upon five words of Hippocrates, written Epid. 6. Labour, Meat, Drinke, Sleepe, Venus. [16], 275 [i. e., 276]; lacks the 6-leaf index at end. Mostly printed in black letter. 4to, 17th-century panelled calf, rebacked; contents toned, some light marginal dampstaining, title lightly soiled with early signature. London: Melch. Bradwood for John Norton, 1605

Additional Details

Fourth edition of an early work devoted to student health originally published in 1584. Hunter & Macalpine, pages 29-31; STC 5482.