The regiment of life
Subtitle: whereunto is added A treatise of the pestilence, with The booke of children
By: newly corrected and enlarged by Thomas Phaire.
Contributors: Phayer, Thomas, 1510?-1560.; Houssemaine, Nicolas de, d. 1523.; Kingston, John, fl. 1553-1584.; Sutton, Henry, d. before 1582.
Publisher: By Ihon [sic] Kyngston and Henry Sutton ...
Published: 1553
Place of publication: [Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Medicine -- Early works to 1800; Plague -- Early works to 1800; Pediatrics -- Early works to 1800; Infants -- Care.
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: A treatise of the pestilence; The booke of children
Work titles: Sommaire et entretènement de vie.
Notes: "The regiment of life" is a translation, by Thomas Phayer, of a work by Jean Goeurot, known variously as "Sommaire et entretènement de vie", "L'entretenement de vie," "Summaire tres singulier de toute medecine & cyrurgie," and "La conservation de santé pour la commodité de la vie humaine."

"A treatise of the pestilence" is a translation, by Thomas Phayer, of "Régime contre la peste" by Nicolas de Houssemaine.

"The booke of children" is a compilation of several authors.

Imprint from colophon.

Signatures: A-2B8 (2B8 blank)

S.T.C. 11971.

RBSC copy: closely trimmed.  Signature 2B (including colophon) wanting; colophon information supplied from ESTC.