76/1617 [Books of secrets]. Alessio Piemontese (= G. Ruscelli). (De secreti). N.pl., n.publ., late 16th cent., 3 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, 277,(3) lvs., contemp. limp vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Lacks title-p.; occas. sl. yellowed. Binding worn/ dam. and restored.

= Unidentified edition, not in Ferguson. "(...) his knowledge of the subjects which are treated of in his "Secreti" is not at all better than that of many old women in our country villages. His secrets are of the most various kinds: medicines, colours, dyes, varnishes, cosmetics, soaps, perfumes etc., are all described with the minustest detail, and he declares that he had published none but those whose admirable virtues had been repeatedly tested and proved." (The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, vol. I/2, p. 827f.). First published in Venice, 1555.