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VENNER, TOBIAS. Via Recta ad Vitam Longam; or, A Plaine Philosophicall Demonstration of the Nature, Faculties, and Effects of All Such Things as by Way of Nourishments make for the Preservation of Health, with Divers Necessary Dietetical Observations . . . Whereunto is annexed a Necessary and Compendious Treaties of the Famous Baths of Bathe. [12], 226; [4], 24 pages. 4to, late 19th-/early 20th-century 1/2 morocco gilt; contents toned with marginal dampstaining through most of volume, owner's notes and modern reproduction of 17th-century portrait of Venner (see next lot) on front endpapers. London: Felix Kyngston for Richard Moore, 1628
First published in 1620. "The book discussed how the six 'non-naturals' (environment, diet, sleep, exercise, excretion, and the passions of the mind) affected the balance of the four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile)" (ODNB). STC 121226.
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