A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, entituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions:

A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, entituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: / vvritten first by sundrie schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commodity of sundry artificers, as for the matters of pleasure, to recreate wittes at vacant tymes..

Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Imprinted at London : by Iohn Charlevvood, for Abraham Kitson., 1584..
Description	[63] p. : ill.
Supplemental Content	https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248562510
Subject(s)	Magic tricks--Early works to 1800. Puzzles--Early works to 1800. Amusements--Early works to 1800.

Other author/creator	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
Other author/creator	Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.
Other author/creator	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.
Other author/creator	Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.
Running title	Naturall and artificiall conclusions
Series	Early English books online. ^A888680
General note	A compilation of translated material from a number of earlier writers, primarily Girolamo Cardano, but also including Mizauld, Bartholomew Anglicus, J.J. Wecker, and Albertus Magnus; the possibility exists that Hill originated some of the material himself. Cf. Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, p. 41-42.
General note	First extant edition 1581, but evidence exists indicating editions in 1567 and 1568. Cf. Hall, p. 35-40.
General note	Signatures: A-D⁸.
General note	Black letter.
General note	Tail-piece; initials; title vignette (candle burning in a bottle).
General note	D₈ verso is blank.
General note	Imperfect: cropped, with loss of print.
General note	Reproduction of original in: University of Texas at Austin. Library.
References	STC (2nd ed.) 13480.7.
References	Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, 147.5.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2167:3)
Stock number	CL0036000072 ProQuest Information and Learning 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1553

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