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[KITCHINER, William].
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels.
[KITCHINER, William].
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels.
Description:
pp. (vi), 276. Original cloth-backed boards, spine a bit rubbed and very slightly worn at the head, no spine label, mild foxing throughout, good copy overall.
*This title ran to a sixth edition in 1828 but we can find no reference to a bona fide first edition and there is no edition earlier than 1821. It is likely that this is, in fact, the first edition, its popularity inflated by claiming that the first edition had sold out.
Hurst, Robinson, and Co. London.
Date Published: 1821. Second edition.
Stock No. 58365
Price: £200.00