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The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved..
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved..
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved..
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 2.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 3.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 4.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 5.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 6.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 7.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 8.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 9.
  • The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved. — photograph 10.

The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved.

Kitchiner, William · London

Author
Kitchiner, William
Date
1828
Place
London
Publisher
Printed for George B. Whittaker
Language
English
Binding
12mo.(4" x 6.25") 337 pp. Quarter brown polished leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with double gilt rule creating bands, gilt lettering to maroon leather in second compartment. All edges speckled red, darker peach endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed. Small circular paper sticker with manuscript numbers affixed to head of upper board at joint. Very few spots of foxing, relatively clean pages. Boards scuffed and rubbed. Extremities rubbed.
Edition
Sixth Edition
Category
Architecture, Art & Craft
Record
S.I.10281

"The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. Or, The Invalid's Oracle: Containing 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. To Which is Added, The Pleasure of Making a Will. Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved" by William Kitchiner.

"The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life" by William Kitchiner is a fascinating early 19th-century guide to diet, digestion, exercise, sleep, clothing, air, wine, and other aspects of daily living. Also known as The Invalid’s Oracle, it includes practical advice for preventing and relieving indigestion and regulating the stomach and bowels, along with The Pleasure of Making a Will. This is the Sixth Edition, Very Greatly Augmented and Improved.

12mo. (4" x 6.25"), 337 pp. 1828, London: Printed for George B. Whittaker: Quarter brown polished leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with double gilt rules creating bands and gilt lettering to a maroon leather label in the second compartment. All edges speckled red with darker peach endpapers.

The binding shows edgewear, with bumped and rubbed corners and scuffed and rubbed boards. A small circular paper sticker with manuscript numbers is affixed to the head of the upper board at the joint. Extremities are rubbed. The pages are relatively clean, with very few spots of foxing.

An appealing copy of Kitchiner’s popular work on digestion, diet, and the practical regulation of daily life.

Condition

Good

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