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Writings on the sober life : the art and grace of living long / Alvise Cornaro ; edited and translated by Hiroko Fudemoto ; foreword by Greg Critser ; introduction and essay by Marisa Milani.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566, author.
Contributor:
Milani, Marisa, writer of added commentary.
Critser, Greg, 1954-2018, writer of added commentary.
Fudemoto, Hiroko, editor, translator.
JSTOR (Online Service)
Edward W. Lanius Book Fund.
Series:
Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library
Standardized Title:
Discorsi della vita sobria. English
Language:
English
Italian
Subjects (All):
Health--Early works to 1800.
Health.
Longevity--Early works to 1800.
Longevity.
Medical Subjects:
Health.
Longevity.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction to Cornaro by Marisa Milani
Letter to Bishop Cornelio Musso by Bernardino Tomitano
A Treatise on the Sober Life by the Magnificent Messer Luigi Cornaro, Noble Venetian
Addition to the Treatise on the Sober Life by Messer Alvise Cornaro
A Brief Compendium of The Sober Life by Alvise Cornaro With Many Things Added, Especially Useful and Necessary for Those Who Are Old
Letter Written by the Magnificent Alvise Cornaro to the Most Reverend Barbaro, Patriarch Elect of Aquileia
A Loving Exhortation by the Magnificent Messer Alvise Cornaro
Eulogy for Alvise Cornaro Selected Letters
How to Attain Immortality Living One Hundred Years, or The Fortune of the Vita Sobria in the Anglo-Saxon World
Selected Terminology.
Notes:
Translation of: Discorsi della vita sobria.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 26, 2020).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward W. Lanius Book Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566. Discorsi della vita sobria. English. Writings on the sober life
ISBN:
9781442668348
1442668342
Publisher Number:
99983985854
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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