Sure Methods of Improving Health and Prolonging Life. A Treatise on the Art of Living Long and Comfortably, by Regulating the Diet and Regimen.

viii, 248p, index, [2p. ads]. 20cm. First American edition with additions. Cloth back and blue paper boards. Paper torn on front cover with large piece missing, stains, bottom board stained, chipped; foxed; mild damp stain at the bottom edge. Bookplate on the front cover pastedown. An unsophisticated copy in good condition. Rare. Lt. brown boards, blue paper covering over this, partially chipped, some discoloration. Protected in clear glassine sleeve. Rough-cut deckled pages generally good; some toning, tanning. Antiquarian pictorial plate depicting an eighteenth century Baltimore fire station inside cover: "Property of the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1. This book is not to be taken from the Engine House." Full title at title page: "Sure methods of improving health, and prolonging life; or, A treatise on the art of living long and comfortably, by regulating the diet and regimen. Embracing all the most approved principles of health & longevity, and exhibiting particularly the remarkable power of proper food, wine, air, exercise, sleep, &c. in the cure of obstinate chronic diseases, as well as in promoting health, and long life. To which is added, the art of training for health, rules for reducing corpulence, and maxims of health, for the bilious and nervous, the consumptive, men of letters, and people of fashion. Illustrated by cases." 248 pages. Insured post.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.