first edition Period full brown calf, with later rebacking to style. Maroon leather title label in second compartment
1683 · London
by [Tryon, Thomas. 1634 - 1703]
London: Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle, 1683. 1st Edition (Bitting, pp 466- 467; Cagle 1029; ESTC R10677; Lowndes, p. 2716; Oxford, p. 43; Watt AUTHORS, 917; Wing T3200). Period full brown calf, with later rebacking to style. Maroon leather title label in second compartment. General binding wear. Early ownership signatures to ffep lined out. B4 with paper flaw at bottom, just affecting a couple words, but not the sense thereof. Rear paste-down with pencil notes. Very Good.. [14], 669, [3 (adverts)] pp. P. 520 mispaginated as 502; 526 as 520; 527 as 526. Tables, pp. 520 - 526. 8vo: [a]^4 [-a1, an advert] b^4 B - 3U^4 [3X]^4 3Y^4 - 4Q^4. X2 missigned as K2. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2"
"Thomas Tryon's most influential work, inspired by Pythagoreanism and Hinduism as well as Jacob Bohme and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, advocates vegetarianism and a healthy diet by careful selection of food and drink as a way to live a long and happy life. He promotes animal welfare, ecology and pacifism and a belief that there was one original true religion of mankind." (Inventory #: 44531)
"Thomas Tryon's most influential work, inspired by Pythagoreanism and Hinduism as well as Jacob Bohme and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, advocates vegetarianism and a healthy diet by careful selection of food and drink as a way to live a long and happy life. He promotes animal welfare, ecology and pacifism and a belief that there was one original true religion of mankind." (Inventory #: 44531)
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