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CORNARO, LOUIS :
Conseils et moyens tres-asseurez et faciles pour vivre plus de cent ans dans une parfaite santé. La maniere de corriger un mauvais temperament, De jouir d'une felicité parfaite, jusqu'à un âge fort avancé. ... Traduit de l'Italien ... par Monsier D*** (De Prémont).
Paris, Jacques Le Febvre, Bruxelles, Jean Leonard, 1701. (5) Bl., 110 S., späterer marmorierter Pappband mit goldgepr. Rückenschild (Einband stellenweise berieben),
13,5 x 7,8 cm.
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"This famous work, by Louis Cornaro, The Temperate Life, (sometimes titled, How to Live 100 Years), has been translated into many different languages. Yet it is hardly known to anyone today. But it is one of the greatest books on Hygiene ever written, ... Cornaro was a Venetian nobleman, four of his ancestors having been Doges of the "Serene Republic." He was born in 1464, and lived to the age of 102, dying in 1566. Like the majority of young gallants of his day, Louis Cornaro lived a reckless and dissipated life, the result being that he completely broke-down, at the age of forty, and was given-up by his physicians to die. ... Taking matters into his own hands, however, Cornaro decided to reform his life, and see what the results would be. He simplified his diet and cut down on the quantity of food to the barest minimum. Within a few days he began to see the difference, and at the end of a year found himself completely restored to health. Seeing this, he continued this simple and abstemious life for the rest of his life. He limited himself to twelve ounces of solid food daily and fourteen ounces of wine. ... Cornaro's book, "La Vita Sobria," consists of four "Discourses," the first being written at the age of eighty-three, the second at eighty-six, the third at ninety-one, and the fourth at ninety-five. To the end of his life Cornaro continued to lead an active and useful existence, devoting much of his time and energy to the spreading of these doctrines and in attempts to spread the knowledge of dietetic reform. It is safe to say that, since his work was published, many thousands have regained health and prolonged their lives by reason of his teachings." (Hereward Carrington in his introduction to the reprint of Cornaro's Discourses). Selten; die früheste Ausgabe, die in öffentlichen Bibliotheken nachweisbar ist, ist die Ausgabe von 1620. Die vorliegende Ausgabe von 1701 ist für uns über den KVK nur im Französischen, Kanadischen und Bayerischen Verbundkatalog, sowie in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin nachweisbar, wobei drei Exemplare 156 S. umfassen, drei weitere Exemplare 110 S. wie die hier vorliegende Ausgabe. - First free endpaper missing, otherwise a very good copy. --- Varia [medicine Medizin Diät Ernährung Hygiene]
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