April 12, 2024
Very RARE 1796 LEATHER Book 1ST Edition Antiquarian Early American Imprint
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A very scarce early American imprint, this 1796 antiquarian leather volume is a first edition of: THE IMMORTAL MENTOR: Or, Man's Unerring Guide to a Healthy, Wealthy, and Happy Life In Three Parts By Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott Printed for the Rev. Mason L. Weems by Francis and Robert Bailey, Philadelphia 1796. 4 1/4" by 6 3/4" hardcover (full leather, gilt lettering & designs on spine). 321 pages. Previously in a church library (bookplate inside front cover). Reverend Mason Locke Weems compiled these writings by three highly respected writers - Luigi (Louis, Lewis) Cornaro, Benjamin Franklin, and Reverend Thomas Scott. CONTENTS: PART I (Cornaro) Man's unerring Guide to a Long and Healthy LIfe The Method of Correcting a Bad Constitution A Letter from Sig. Lewis Cornaro, to the Right Rev. Barbara, Patriarch of Aquileia Of the Birth and Death of Man Appendix: Golden Rules of Health, selected from Hippocrates, Plutarch, and several other eminent Physicians and Philosophers PART II (Franklin) Introduction The Way to Wealth Advice to a Young Tradesman PART III (Scott) A sure Guide to Happiness On Social Love Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1759 – May 23, 1825), generally known as Parson Weems, was an American book agent and author. His most famous work was The Life of Washington (1800). He also wrote Life of General
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