Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 290

Price Realized: $ 2,880
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
[TRYON, THOMAS.] The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness; or, A Discourse of Temperance and the Particular Nature of All Things requisit for the Life of Man, as All Sorts of Meats, Drinks, Air, Exercise, &c. . . . To which is added, A Treatise of Most Sorts of English Herbs . . . By Philotheos Physiologus [pseud.]. [16], 669, [3] pages, including initial and final ad leaves. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip; small ink blot on title, occasional minor dampstaining along fore edges, scattered light foxing. London: Andrew Sowle, 1683

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first edition of a Neopythagorean guide to health maintenance through vegetarianism and ascetic living. Wing T3200.