[COHAUSEN, Johann Heinrich (1665-1750)]. Hermippus Redivivus: or, the sage's triumph over old age and the grave, London: J. Nourse, 1749, 8°, second, enlarged and corrected edition (title browned, A4 and A5 almost detached), contemporary calf ruled in gilt, spine decorated in gilt in compartments (lower front joint split, rubbed along joints, corners bumped). [Bibliotheca Osleriana 2338; Blake, p. 92; Wellcome II, p. 366] Provenance: Salus per Christum Redemptorem (bookplate) -- Christoph Wilhelm von HUFELAND (1762-1836). Art of prolonging Life, London: John Churchill, 1853, small 8°, first English edition, clean copy in later half morocco and cloth (head and tail of spine rubbed). [Bibliotheca Osleriana 3017] (2)

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[COHAUSEN, Johann Heinrich (1665-1750)]. Hermippus Redivivus: or, the sage's triumph over old age and the grave, London: J. Nourse, 1749, 8°, second, enlarged and corrected edition (title browned, A4 and A5 almost detached), contemporary calf ruled in gilt, spine decorated in gilt in compartments (lower front joint split, rubbed along joints, corners bumped). [Bibliotheca Osleriana 2338; Blake, p. 92; Wellcome II, p. 366] Provenance: Salus per Christum Redemptorem (bookplate) -- Christoph Wilhelm von HUFELAND (1762-1836). Art of prolonging Life, London: John Churchill, 1853, small 8°, first English edition, clean copy in later half morocco and cloth (head and tail of spine rubbed). [Bibliotheca Osleriana 3017] (2)

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