Cornaro | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Introduction by William F. Butler. A new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian. With essays by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple. Contents: Introduction to Luigi Cornaro in The Spectator October 13,1711; Life and Writings of Luigi Cornaro; Selections from Lord Bacon's "History of Life and Death"; Selections from Sir William Temple's "Health and Long Life"; A short history of the Cornaro family.