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    • Author/Creator:Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.
    • Uniform Title:[Discorsi della vita sobria. English]
    • Title:The art of living long [electronic resource] / Louis Cornaro ; 1903 English translation by William F. Butler.
    • ISBN:0826126952
    • Published/Created:New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2005.
    • Physical Description:xiv, 136 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Links:Online book
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    • Local Notes:Access is available to the Yale community.
    • Notes:"In cooperation with the International Longevity Center."
      Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
    • Access and use:Access restricted by licensing agreement.
    • Format:Book
    • Series:Classics in longevity and aging series
      Classics in longevity and aging series.
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
    • Contents:To Louis Cornaro / Randall -- Addison in the Spectator, October 13, 1711 -- Renaissance paths to prolongevity: Cornaro and Bacon -- The live and writings of Louis Cornaro -- The temperate life by Louis Cornaro -- First discourse -- Second discourse -- Third discourse -- Fourth Discourse -- Selections from Lord Bacon's History of life and death, etc. -- Selections from Sir William Temple's Health and long life, etc. -- A short history of the Cornaro Family -- Some account of eminent Cornaros -- Gamba's eulogy upon Louis Cornaro -- Lovarini's The villas erected by Louis Cornaro.
    • Subjects:Longevity.
      Longevity--Early works to 1800.
    • Also listed under:Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
      Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
      Temple, William, 1628-1699.
      International Longevity Center.
      ebrary, Inc.