Lot 31
Long life.- Cornaro (Louis) & Romilly (Peter, translator) Conseils et Moyens tres faciles tres faciles & assurez pour vivre Plus de Cent Ans..., manuscript in French, translation of Cornaro, original calf, 1745.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Long life.- Cornaro (Louis, Venetian nobleman, writer on long life, 1475-1566) & Romilly (Peter, watchmaker and jeweller, of Frith Street, Soho, grandfather of Peter Mark Roget, the inventor of the Thesaurus, 1712-84) Conseils et Moyens tres faciles tres faciles & assurez pour vivre Plus de Cent Ans..., manuscript in French, translation of Cornaro's discourse on long life, title and 89pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, autograph ownership inscription of Roget's "P.M. Roget", engraved bookplate of Peter Romilly on front pastedown, original calf, rebacked in modern calf, 8vo, London, 1745.
⁂ This translation unpublished. Romilly was a neighbour of the Mozart family in Frith Street, London.
Description
Long life.- Cornaro (Louis, Venetian nobleman, writer on long life, 1475-1566) & Romilly (Peter, watchmaker and jeweller, of Frith Street, Soho, grandfather of Peter Mark Roget, the inventor of the Thesaurus, 1712-84) Conseils et Moyens tres faciles tres faciles & assurez pour vivre Plus de Cent Ans..., manuscript in French, translation of Cornaro's discourse on long life, title and 89pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, autograph ownership inscription of Roget's "P.M. Roget", engraved bookplate of Peter Romilly on front pastedown, original calf, rebacked in modern calf, 8vo, London, 1745.
⁂ This translation unpublished. Romilly was a neighbour of the Mozart family in Frith Street, London.