3 rare treaties on "bona valetudine".

8vo (some sm. wormtracks in first part and last bl. ff., annot. in an old hand, woodcut of embracing couple censored with black ink, marg. dampstaining in last part).

Reused limp vellum from a medieval manuscript, flat spine, red edges (rubbed, some sm. wormholes, endpapers lifted).

16th-c. guides on preserving good health, of which the first 2 abundantly ill. with in-text woodcuts, with interesting advices: why beer and wine is good (and where to find the best beer and wine or how to brew it yourself), to abstain from sex during the siesta, daily food, etc. Written in Latin, but with large extracts in vernacular German. 1. Eobanus Hessus, Helius - De tuenda bona valetudine [...]. Frankfurt, heirs of Egenolph, 1582. [4]-185-[3] ff. - 2. Curio, Johannes - Conservandae bonae valetudinis praecepta longe saluberrima [...]. Ibid., 1582. [8]-286-[4] ff. - 3. Rantzau, Henrik - De conservanda valetudine liber [...]. Leipzig, (J. Steinman, 1582). [12]-169 pp. First edition, with an introduction for his sons.
Ref. VD16 E-1477 (1). - Bibliothèque Bachique 54 (1, 2). - Adams E-195 (1). - Durling 3791 (3). - Cp. Durling 2293 (1) and 3826 (2), Walleriana 2768 (ed. 1560) (1), 7819 (ed. 1559) (2) and 7744 (ed. 1576) (3).
Prov. J.J. Cremer 1747 (ms. entry on title). - Illegible old ms. entry on title.