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secrets

Secrets were a popular genre in the period. They were collections of short items, including stories (often of a wondrous or startling sort); recipes for remedies; and a wide range of other items designed to amuse and instruct. The items are often arranged in what seems to be a random order.


There are 88 books tagged with this term.
 
Last Name First Name Title Sort descending Date
Fioravanti Leonardo ...Leonard Phioravant ... his Rationall secrets… and Chirurgery, reviewed and revived 1652
La Fountaine Edward A brief collection of many rare secrets. Most of which are approved, and physical, and… 1650
J. W. A collection of ... approved receipts good against the plague. 1665
Fioravanti Leonardo A compendium of the rationall secretes, of the worthie knight and moste excellent doctour of… 1582
Fioravanti Leonardo A ioyfull iewell. Contayning aswell such excellent orders, preseruatiues and precious practises for the plague… 1579
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things containing modern curiosities. Viz. Divers rare and experienc’d physical receipts. Monthly… 1700
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sortes: vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1627
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1595
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1601
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1612
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts: vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1631
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sortes. VVherof some are wonderfull, some strange, some plesant… 1590
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sorts, enlarged. Whereof some are VVonderfull, some strange, some… 1675
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sorts, enlarged. Whereof some are wonderful, some strange, some… 1686
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sorts, enlarged. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some… 1670
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sorts, enlarged. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some… 1660
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sorts: whereof some are wonderful, some strange, some pleasant… 1650
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things, of sundry sortes. VVherof some are wonderfull, some straunge, some pleasant… 1579
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things, of sundry sortes. whereof [sic] some are wonderfull, some staunge, some… 1586
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things, of sundry sortes. whereof [sic] some are wonderfull, some straunge, some… 1586
Ruscelli Girolamo A verye excellent and profitable booke conteining sixe hundred foure score and odde experienced medicines… 1569
Ruscelli Girolamo A verye excellent and profitable booke conteyning sixe hundred foure score and odde experienced medicines… 1578
Wood Owen An alphabetical book of physicall secrets, for all those diseases that are most predominant and… 1639
Wood Owen An epitomie of most experienced, excellent and profitable secrets appertaining to physick and chirurgery, alphabetically… 1653
Wood Owen An epitomie of most experienced, excellent and profitable secrets appertaining to physick and chirurgery. For… 1651
Fioravanti Leonardo An exact collection of ... rare experiments and secrets in physick & chyrurgery 1653
Fioravanti Leonardo An exact collection of the choicest and more rare experiments and secrets in physick and… 1659
Wood Owen An manual of most experienced, excellent and profitable secrets appertaining to physick and chirurgery for… 1662
Wood Owen Choice and profitable secrets both physical and chirurgical: formerly concealed by the deceased Dutchess of… 1656
Wood Owen Choice and profitable secrets both physical, and chirurgical: formerly concealed by the deceased Dutchess of… 1658