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.; Power, D'Arcy, Sir, 1855-1941, (bookplate); Whitchurch, Edward, d. 1561.; Wolfe, Reyner, d. 1573.
Publisher: [By R. Wolfe? for] Edwarde Whitchurche
Published: 1560
Place of publication: [Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
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.  Printer from S.T.C.

Signatures: A-X8.

S.T.C. 11973.

RBSC copy: Signature B and leaves X6-8 (including colophon) wanting; colophon information supplied from ESTC.  With the bookplate of D'Arcy Power.