Wecker, Johann Jacob. Eighteen books of the secrets of art & nature : being the summe and substance of naturall philosophy, methodically digested

Folger bibliographic ID: 337888
ESTC number: R12839
Wing number: W1236
Folger call number: 167- 341f
Folger holdings ID: 490653
Accession Number: 167341

Bibliographic format

folio

General notes

Signatures: a⁴ B² C-2U⁴ 2X⁸ Added engraved title page (plate) with portraits, lettered: Secrets of art and nature, Ric. Gaywood scup Bookseller's advertisements p. [9-11] at end (leaves 2X7-8) Includes bibliographic references and index

Item information about Folger 167- 341f

Burn hole on B4 with slight loss. Manuscript numbers. Autograph: [Seu?]bert G. Norman. Armorial bookplate (no motto): Sidney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pusey. A few marginal marks. Bound in contemporary leather (sheepskin?) with gold filleting and black leather label on spine. Acquired from F. Edwards, 1958-06-03

Uniform title: De secretis libri XVII. English
Extended title: Eighteen books of the secrets of art & nature : being the summe and substance of naturall philosophy, methodically digested / first designed by John VVecker Dr in physick, and now much augmented and inlarged by Dr R. Read ; a like work never before in the English tongue
Alternate titles: Secrets of art and nature, Secrets of art & nature in eighteen books, 18 books of the secrets of art & nature

Science Natural history Philosophy of nature Medicine

author: Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586
bookseller: Miller, Simon, active 1653-1684
contributor: Read, R.
printmaker: Gaywood, Richard, active 1650-1680
former owner: Bouverie-Pusey, S. E. B. (Sidney Edward Bouverie), 1839-1911