1579 - Venner,T.

Venner,T. Via recta ad vitam longam, or, a treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthfull life, is clearly demonstrated and punctually applyed to every age and constitution of body. London, Abel & Rooper 1660. 4°. 3 parts in 1. (3) ff, 404, (8)p. Contemp. sheep, rebacked. Fourth edition of his collection of three works by the medical writer Tobias Venner (1577-1660), There are separate title-pages for each work. Included are works on the medical benefits of the baths of Bathe and the authors famous treatise on the use of tobacco: "It is interesting as showing the prevelance of tobacco smoking as early as 1621: Venner upbraids those who 'cannot travel without a tobacco pipe at their mouth, and who smoke between the courses at meals". (DNB XX 212-213). - 42.