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SECRETS OF ART & NATURE

by John Wecker; R. Read

Slightly better than very good condition. Facsimile of the 1660 edition. Undated. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine reads 'Secrets of Art and Science'. Facsimile title page reads: 'Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, being The Summe and Sbstance of Naturall Philofophy, Methodically Digefted'.

A physical copy of a print on demand book. A nice copy.

Stock no. 1830487

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Contents

  • A Summary view of the Whole Work
  • BOOK I
  • Secrets of God, Nature, Man in General
  • BOOK II
  • Secrets of Angels, Good and Bad
  • BOOK III
  • Secrets of the Sun, Moon and Stars, Fire, Ayr, Water and Earth
  • BOOK IV
  • Secrets of the Internal parts of Man, the Passions, Reason and Memory
  • BOOK V
  • Secrets of Life and Death, Remedies for all diseases in the body of Man, both internal and external. Old age, eating, drinking, venery, sleep, exercise and beautifying the body
  • BOOK VI
  • Secrets of Earthly Creatures, tame, of the whole greater, as Horses, Asses, Oxen, Bulls, lesser as Sheep, Bucks, Goats, Hogs, Dogs, of the parts as Bones, Horns and Haire; of wild creatures, greater as Bucks, Bores, Hares, Foxes, Wolves, Lesser as Mice, Moles, Weevils, Ants, Scorpions, Wiglice, Fleas, Lice, creeping things, as snails, caterpillars and serpents
  • BOOK VII
  • Secrets of Fishes
  • BOOK VIII
  • Secrets of Birds; as hens, pigeons, peacocks, swallows, bats, pheasants, partridge, turtles, quails, blackbirds, choughs, geese, ducks; insects as bees, drones, wasps, flies, weevils, locusts
  • BOOK IX
  • Secrets of Plants of Trees in general; more particularly of fruits, leaves, flowers, seeds, roots, woods, shrubs, and plants
  • BOOK X
  • Secrets of Metals, liquid as quicksilver, hard as gold, silver, brass, iron, soft as lead, tin, antimony, pertaining to metals, as brimstone, vermillion, orpiment, not burning as chrisocolla and salt
  • BOOK XI
  • Secrets of Glass
  • BOOK XII
  • Secrets of Jewels, and how to counterfeit all forts whether white, black, red, green, blue; fit or unfit to engrave
  • BOOK XIII
  • Secrets Artificall; as Houses, Gardens, Fountains, Cloath and Cloathing
  • BOOX XIV
  • Secrets of Meteors; as Hail, Rain, Snow, Thunder, Lightning, Tempests and the like
  • BOOK XV
  • Secrets Organicall, as Grammar, Logic, Rhetorick, Poetry, Speaking or Writing
  • BOOK XVI
  • Secrets of Sciences as natural Magic, Metaphificks, Lawfull and unlawfull, Mathematics, Geometry, Arithmetic, Music, Astrology, Politique as Peace and War
  • BOOK XVII
  • Secrets Mechanical, performed by Millers, Smiths, Bakers, Cooks, Painters and Apothecaries
  • BOOK XVIII
  • Secrets of Sports, Delights and Recreations

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