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Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions
1 online resource ([62+] pages : illustrations.
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..
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, pages 41-42.
First extant edition 1581, but evidence exists indicating editions in 1567 and 1568. Cf. Hall, pages 35-40.
Tail-piece; initials; title vignette (candle burning in a bottle).
Imperfect: cropped, stained, and with print show-through; last leaf missing?
Reproduction of original in: British Library.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2286:7) s1999 miun s
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