Vita sana et longa. The preservation of health, and prolongation of life. Proposed and proved. In the due observance of remarkable precautions. And daily practicable rules, relating to body and mind, compendiously abstracted from the institutions and law of nature
Vita sana et longa is a 1670 London health treatise by Everard Maynwaringe, printed by J.D. and sold by booksellers, offering general readers daily rules for body and mind. The two pictures are a plain woodcut ornamental initial with stylised flowers and foliage curling inside a square frame, and a large bold roman capital word 'Long' set in black type on a faded page. A designer could take the ornamental initial's symmetrical scrolling foliage and the sturdy serif display lettering as models for period-style borders and headings.
