A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions / written firste by sundry 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 commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoImprinted at London : by Edward Allde., 1586..
Description[62+] p. : ill.
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Other author/creatorAlbertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
Other author/creatorBatholomaeus, Anglicus, 13th cent.
Other author/creatorCardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.
Other author/creatorHill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.
Other author/creatorMizauld, Antoine, 1510-1578.
Other author/creatorWecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.
Running title Naturall and artificiall conclusions
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteA 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 noteFirst extant edition 1581, but evidence exists indicating editions in 1567 and 1568. Cf. Hall, p. 35-40.
General noteBlack letter.
General noteTail-piece; initials; title vignette (candle burning in a bottle).
General noteSignatures: A-D⁸ (last leaf blank?).
General noteError in register: D₄ printed D₃.
General noteImperfect: cropped, stained, and with print show-through; last leaf missing?
General noteReproduction of original in: British Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 13481.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2286:7)
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