For
your consideration:
For
your consideration:
That
WATER in
the
Fountain
of Youth Is . . . Serpent
Broth?
Harcouet
de Longeville. Histoire des personnes qui ont vecu plusieurs siecles,
et qui ont rajeuni: Avec le secret du rajeunissement. Paris: Chez la Veuve Carpentier
& Laurent le Comte, 1716. 12mo (14.7 cm, 5.75"). Frontis., [14], 248 pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Brunet, III, 39; Osler, Biblotheca Osleriana, 5950 (first ed.). 19th-century quarter calf over marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and raised bands ruled in gilt fillets; edges and spine moderately rubbed, paper chipped over corners, corners bumped. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean.
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