1771 · Paris
by GEOFFROY, Stephano-Ludovico [Étienne Louis]
4to. xi, [i], 191, [1] pp. Half-title, engraved headpieces and vignette at end of text.
(Bound with)
. 4to. xlvii, [I], 269 pp. Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
(Bound with)
ARMSTRONG, John
The art of preserving health. London: A. Millar, 1757. 8vo. [ii], 99, [1] pp.,
including publisher's advertisement on verso of final leaf. Engraved title vignette. Three works in one. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, edges worn,
marbled endpapers. From the libraries of Terrence Cavanagh with his bookplate on the paste-down and A. Garrigues, with his small book-label also on
the paste-down.
I: First edition of the first work of medical poetry printed in France.
Divided into eight books, the author describes numerous diseases and ailments which can be treated with food, drink and nutrition. Geoffroy (1725-
1810) came from a well-known family; his father was the dean of the Faculty
of Medicine at Paris and a professor of medicine at the Collège de France, his
uncle was inspector of the pharmacy at the Hôtel-Dieu, and his grandfather
was a wealthy pharmacist and Paris alderman. He received his medical degree in 1748, and pursued research in zoology, attracting the attention of
Linnaeus, who often quoted Geoffroy. His study on the auditory organ in
man, reptiles and fish is an important work in comparative anatomy.
II: First French translation by P. Delaunay.
III: Later edition of this charming collection of four poems on the subject of health and longevity. The author attempts to entice the lay public through verse to the importance of general fitness,
vitality and therapeutics. The four books treat of air, diet, exercise and the passions. This work became
very popular and went through many editions.
Vicaire, p. 399; Waller, I, 3473; Wellcome, III, p. 106. (Inventory #: 19121)
(Bound with)
. 4to. xlvii, [I], 269 pp. Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
(Bound with)
ARMSTRONG, John
The art of preserving health. London: A. Millar, 1757. 8vo. [ii], 99, [1] pp.,
including publisher's advertisement on verso of final leaf. Engraved title vignette. Three works in one. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, edges worn,
marbled endpapers. From the libraries of Terrence Cavanagh with his bookplate on the paste-down and A. Garrigues, with his small book-label also on
the paste-down.
I: First edition of the first work of medical poetry printed in France.
Divided into eight books, the author describes numerous diseases and ailments which can be treated with food, drink and nutrition. Geoffroy (1725-
1810) came from a well-known family; his father was the dean of the Faculty
of Medicine at Paris and a professor of medicine at the Collège de France, his
uncle was inspector of the pharmacy at the Hôtel-Dieu, and his grandfather
was a wealthy pharmacist and Paris alderman. He received his medical degree in 1748, and pursued research in zoology, attracting the attention of
Linnaeus, who often quoted Geoffroy. His study on the auditory organ in
man, reptiles and fish is an important work in comparative anatomy.
II: First French translation by P. Delaunay.
III: Later edition of this charming collection of four poems on the subject of health and longevity. The author attempts to entice the lay public through verse to the importance of general fitness,
vitality and therapeutics. The four books treat of air, diet, exercise and the passions. This work became
very popular and went through many editions.
Vicaire, p. 399; Waller, I, 3473; Wellcome, III, p. 106. (Inventory #: 19121)