1754 4th Edtn THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH A POEM A PARALLEL IN THE MANNER OF PLUTARCH By John Armstrong Jospeh Spence Illus. Good Poetry

1754 4th Edition , 
THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH A POEM A PARALLEL IN THE MANNER OF PLUTARCH

By John Armstrong Jospeh Spence
Dr. John Armstrong (1709–1779) was a physician, poet, and satirist. He was born at Castleton Manse, the son of Robert Armstrong, minister of Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland John studied medicine and gained his MD at the renowned University of Edinburgh (being the first to graduate 'with distinction' in 1732) before establishing a successful medical practice in London. John Armstrong is remembered as the friend of James Thomson, David Mallet, and other literary celebrities of the time, and as the author of a poem on The Art of Preserving Health, which appeared in 1744, and in which a somewhat unpromising subject for poetic treatment is gracefully and ingeniously handled.

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Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
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Published By: A. Millar in the Strand, London

sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3⁄4 102 × 171),Pages 104

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Bookplate of Thomas Borrett, Esq of Shoreham, Kent. Thomas Borrett owned Preston and other estates in Shoreham Parish from 1739

SKU: BTETM0002084
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg