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VENNER, TOBIAS. Via Recta ad Vitam Longam. Or, A Treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthfull life, is clearly demonstrated and punctually applied to every age and constitution of body. Much more enlarged than the former impressions. [12], 55, 58-226, 237-331, 342-382, 391-417, [1] pages. 4to, modern red cloth, somewhat soiled; scattered marginal ink markings, blank lower corner of last leaf restored, old pencil markings on blank last page. London: James Flesher for Henry Hood, 1650
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). It also includes sections on the mineral springs of Bath and the medicinal uses of tobacco. Wing V195.
