[Rarebooks] OFFER;LONG LIVERS REJUVENATION 1722 FROM THE FRENCH.

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HARCOUET DE LONGEVILLE; ROBERT SANDER, translator and author of a long
Masonic forward.: LONG LIVERS : A CURIOUS HISTORY OF SUCH PERSONS OF BOTH
SEXES WHO HAVE LIV'D SEVERAL AGES, AND GROWN YOUNG AGAIN : with the rare
secret of rejuvenescency of Arnoldus de Villa Nova, and a great 
many  approv'd and invaluable
rules to prolong life : as also, how to prepare the universal medicine ... 
/ by Eugenius Philalethes
... liv, lvii-lxiv, 199, viii, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo) Publisher: London : 
Printed for J. Holland ... and L.
Stokoe ..., 1722. An extra leaf. xxxviv/xl; is placed between leaves liv 
and lvii, otherwise complete
as described.This book is a medical and occult work on long life and on 
rejuvenation. It is probably
the most complete chronicle of all those who were traditionally known to 
have lived long lives, or
even more, seemed to become young again half way through very long lives. 
The masonic
introduction seems to want to connect being a Mason with this possibility 
of rejuvenation. Caillet II,
6782, 6783, under Longeville, for the French editions. He notes that at the 
end, The Method of Arnold
of Villanova for rejuvenation is given; that is pure magic. Occult 
collectors have an urge to get this
title and their suppliers go into 4 figures on it. Here it is priced as a 
rarity and medical curiosity.
ESTC; T139123; Wellcome cat. of printed books,; III, p. 209, OCLC, 6 Locs., 
in the USA [VVK, YUS,
NDK, UNM, PPC] and another at the  NLM. Original paneled calf boards, more 
recent calf spine, five
raised bands edged by double crossing lines in gilt, Mro. Title label, 
gilt; a Fine copy. $885.00

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