The Cure of Old Age and Preservation of Youth (1683) Roger Bacon w Provenance

Printed for Tho. Flesher at the Angel and Crown, and Edward Evets at the Green Dragon, in St. Pauls Church-yard, London, 1683. First English edition contemporary calf bound hardcover of The Cure of Old Age, and Preservation of Youth, shewing how to cure and keep off the Accidents of Old Age; and how to preserve the youth, Strength and Beauty of Body, and the Senses, and all the Faculties of both Body and Mind. By that great Mathematician and Physician Roger Bacon, a Franciscan Frier. Translated out of Latin, with Annotations, and an Account of his Life and Writings by Richard Browne. M.L. Coll. Med. Lond. -- With, Arbor Vitae, or, A Physical Account of the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden, by Edward Madeira Arrais M.D., Physician to John the IV. King of Portugal. Translated out of the Latine by Richard Browne. Octavo. [20] (general title, The Cure of Old Age title) 156; [3] (Tree of Life title) 108 [4] (contents); [1] (advertisements). A8,a8.b4,B-S8,T4 [T4,ads]. Roger Bacon (c. 1219-