Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets.

  • John Ferguson
Date:
1910
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Credit: Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gvaltieri da Tolentino, Dotior Teologo. | Dedicata al Serenifsimo | D. Cailo Emmanvele | Duca di Sauoia &c. | Con Pfivilegio. | [Device] | In Venetia, M D C XII. | Preffo Bernardo Giunti, Gio. Battifla Ciotti, & Compagni. | 4°, or large S'*. *, +, +t, in fours ; A to Z, Aa to Es in eights, or pp. [24], 443, [i]. Collation : Title. *2 recto : Gualtieri’s preface to Carlo Emmanuele, from which one gathers that this is the first edition in Italian. *3 recto: A’lettori. *d,yecto: Panciroli’s address to Carlo Emmanuele. ti recto: Oidine de Capi. t2 verso: Indici delle cose, ends tt4 verso. AI recto, p. i : Text begins, and ends Ee S recto, p. 443. E e S verso, not paged ; Correttione. From the MS. of this work Salmuth must have made his version, which was published at Amberg in 1599-1602. This book is uniform in size and style with the later 8vo editions, only it is more neatly and elegantly executed. Not that it is of any great beauty, but the later editions degenerated both in paper and printing. There is a copy of the 1599 volume in the British Museum. On the present occasion I have the second edition of both parts to show. The first volume was printed at Amberg in 1607, by Michael Forster, and the second similarly in 1608, in small 8vo. The volumes are in very common- place style. The third edition, Amberg, 1612, in 8vo, was formerly described. The fourth (?) edition, Franckfurt, 1622, in 8vo, is also got up in an inferior manner. It is in the Museum {7942. aa. 31). I am not sure if this was the last 8vo edition, but those of 1631, 1646, 1660, are in 4'’. Besides the English translation already described, there is a brief abstract of both parts in French made by Pierre de la Noue, not from the Latin, but from the Italian as well, two editions of which were formerly mentioned, Lyons, 1608, 1617. I have the later edition : Livre Premier Des Antiqvitez Perdves, Et Si Av Vif Representees par la plume de ITlluflre luiifcoufulte G. Paucirol qu’on en peut tirer grand profit de la perte; Accompagne D’Yn Second, Des chofes nouuellement inuentees & auparauant incogneiies. En faueur des Curieux Tiaduits tant de I’ltalien que du Latin en Fran5ois. Par Pierre De La Nove. A Lyon, Pour laqves Gavdion, M.DCXVII. Avec Priuilege du Roy. i8mo. Signatures : t in six, A to L in twelves, of which L 12 is blank ; or pp. [12 261 [3 blank].
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