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 |
| Publication Info | Imprinted at London : by Iohn Charlevvood, for Abraham Kitson., 1584.. |
| Description | [63] p. : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248562510 |
| Subjects |
| 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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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |