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Book/Printed Material The secrets of Alexis [pseud.]

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Title

  • The secrets of Alexis [pseud.] : containing many excellent remedies against divers diseases, wounds, and other accidents. With the manner to make distillations, parfumes ... and meltings...newly corr. and amended, and also somewhat more enl. in certain places, which wanted in the former editions.

Names

  • Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565, author, attributed name.
  • Androse, Richard, active 16th century, translator.
  • Ward, William, 1534-1609, translator.
  • Jones, Thomas, active 1600-1637, bookseller.
  • Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.
  • Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by William Stansby for Richard Meighen and Thomas Iones ..., 1615.

Headings

  • -  Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
  • -  Pharmacy--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  In 5 pts; pt. 2-4 with special t. p. dated 1614.
  • -  "A translation by William Ward (parts 1-3) and Richard Androse (part 4) of a French version of: Ruscelli, Girolamo. De' secreti del R.D. Alessio Piemontese." Cf. ESTC.
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) S100105
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1466
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-02-23 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 348 l. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RS87 .R92 1615

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49043523

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Ruscelli, Girolamo, -Approximately 1565, Author, Attributed Name, Thomas Jones, Richard Meighen, William Stansby, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The secrets of Alexis pseud.: containing many excellent remedies against divers diseases, wounds, and other accidents. With the manner to make distillations, parfumes ... and meltings...newly corr. and amended, and also somewhat more enl. in certain places, which wanted in the former editions. translateds by Androse, Richard, Active 16Th Century, and Ward, William London, Printed by William Stansby for Richard Meighen and Thomas Iones, 1615. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49043523/.

APA citation style:

Ruscelli, G., Jones, T., Meighen, R., Stansby, W., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1615) The secrets of Alexis pseud.: containing many excellent remedies against divers diseases, wounds, and other accidents. With the manner to make distillations, parfumes ... and meltings...newly corr. and amended, and also somewhat more enl. in certain places, which wanted in the former editions. Androse, R. & Ward, W., transs London, Printed by William Stansby for Richard Meighen and Thomas Iones. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49043523/.

MLA citation style:

Ruscelli, Girolamo, -Approximately 1565, Author, Attributed Name, et al. The secrets of Alexis pseud.: containing many excellent remedies against divers diseases, wounds, and other accidents. With the manner to make distillations, parfumes ... and meltings...newly corr. and amended, and also somewhat more enl. in certain places, which wanted in the former editions. trans by Androse, Richard, Active 16Th Century, and Ward, William London, Printed by William Stansby for Richard Meighen and Thomas Iones, 1615. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49043523/>.