CORNARO, Lewis - Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life

1768. CORNARO, Lewis [Luigi]. DISCOURSES ON A SOBER AND TEMPERATE LIFE, BY LEWIS CORNARO, A NOBLE VENETIAN. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN ORIGINAL. London: Printed for Benjamin White, 1768. First edition of this translation. 281 pp. 12mo, calf. Owner's 19th century signatures on verso of ffep, next blank leaf. Good copy, joints cracked, lacks spine label but title impression still visible, with gilt floral design. Handsome marbled endpapers. Block sound, text complete. Dual language: English translation to p. 145, followed by Italian text. .

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