Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets. Pt. III / by John Ferguson.
- John Ferguson
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets. Pt. III / by John Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Strassburg in 1563, and it consists of the sections relating to ink, colours, and etching upon steel contained in the Kunstbiichhn, evidently reprinted for the use of a special class of artists. The second is the English translation of this tract, to which reference was made on a former occasion.' It is men- tioned by Lowndes, as then stated, and I observed a copy in a catalogue some time ago which I failed in procuring, but I have since examined that in the British Museum (C 31 c 21). Its title is as follows: Fol. I a. Title. A | Booke of Secrets: | Shewing diners waies to make and prepare all I sorts of Inke, and Colours: as Blacke, White, | Blew, Greene, Red, Yellow, and other Colours. | Also to write with Gold and Siluer, or any kind of Mettall | out of the Pen: with many other profitable secrets, | as to colour Quils and Parchment of | any colour: and to graue with | strong Water in Steele | and Iron. I Necessarie to be knowne of all Scriueners, Painters, | and others that delight in such Arts. Translated out of | Dutch into English, by W. P. | Hereunto is annexed a little Treatise, | intituled. Instructions for ordering of Wines: ] Shewing how to make Wine, That it may continue | good and faint not, Neither become sower, nor loose colour. And | how you may remedie faint Wine, take away the hoari- | nesse, with other instructions for the pre- | seruation of the same. | Written first in Italian, and now newly translated | into English by W. P. I London, | Printed by Adam Islip for Edward | White, and are to be fold at his shop I at the little North dore of Pouls, | at the signe of the Gun. | 1596. Sm. 4to. No pagination. Title, A3 and A4, B4, C4, D4, and E4 [ff. 19]. Printed in black letter. The first tract contains a translation of pp. 33-74 and 84-88 of the Kunst- Biichkin, Frankfurt, 1687, corresponding therefore practically with the Ettliche Kiinste. A few receipts have been omitted, and there is nothing about dyeing leather or cleansing fabrics. Half of the date has been cut off, but it is obviously 1596, and is so marked on the back and in the catalogue of the British Museum. The second tract is of course from an entirely different source, and has nothing in common with the German and Dutch collections. The translator’s name is W. Phillip, and I have no doubt that “ Dutch ” here means “ High Dutch,” that is German. Of Levinus Lemnius’ treatise De Occultis NaturcB, Libri IV. two editions have come into my hands. One was printed at Frankfurt by Wechel in ' Trans. Archaol. Soc. Glasg., 1883, vol. II. p. 252, note.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22460688_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
