1579 - Venner, T.

Venner, T. Via recta ad vitam longam, or, A Treatise in Which the Right Way and Best Manner of Living for Attaining a Long and Healthy Life Is Clearly Demonstrated and Precisely Applied to Every Age and Physical Constitution. London, Abel & Rooper, 1660. 4°. 3 parts in 1. (3) ff., 404, (8) p. Contemporary sheepskin, 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 at Bath and the author’s famous treatise on the use of tobacco: “It is interesting in that it shows the prevalence of tobacco smoking as early as 1621: Venner rebukes those who ‘cannot travel without a tobacco pipe at their mouth, and who smoke between courses at meals.’” (DNB XX 212–213). – 42.