Cortese, Isabella (& others)

Secreti diversi: compiled from the 'Secreti' of Isabella Cortese, the 'Discorsi' of Mattioli, the 'Herbario' of Durante, and the 'Vinti giorni di agricoltura' by Agostino Gallo, and others. With additions from a MS. of 1745. The pagination is irregular. The Index is by the earlier compiler. Pp. 1- 16 Cortese (I.). Cavati de' Secreti della Signora Isabella Cortese. [First edition. 1563.] 16- 60 Miscellaneous receipts and secrets. 60-62 Gallo (A.). Vinti giorni di agricoltura. [First edition. 1569.] 62-121 Mattioli (P. A.). Cavati dal libro dei discorsi. [Commentary on Dioscorides: first edition. 1544.] 121-127 Durante (C.). Herbario. [First edition. 1585.] 128-132 Calestani (G.) Osservazioni. [First edition. 1564.] 133-145 Miscellaneous receipts 'di varii Autori'. 148-167 Various receipts by an 18th cent. hand. A heading on p. 150 reads 'Secreti cavati dai M.S. dal P. F. Gio[vanni] da S. Gio[vanni] Pred[icatore] Cap[puccino] nel suo libro composto nel 1745.

c. 1600-1745

1 volume 167 pp. + 15 bl. ll. + 17 ll. 8vo. 131/2 x 101/2 cm. Original vellum covers from part of a Papal document dated 1420: both leather ties wanting.

Purchased 1935.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/233.