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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 Date Sort descending
Partridge John The widowes treasure plentifully furnished with sundry precious and approoued secretes in phisicke and chirurgery… 1588
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundry sortes. VVherof some are wonderfull, some strange, some plesant… 1590
Partridge John The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes. Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of… 1591
Magnus Albertus The boke of secretes 1595
Partridge John The widdovves treasure. Plentifully furnished with sundry precious and approued secrets in phisicke and chirurgery… 1595
Ruscelli Girolamo The secrets of the reuerend Maister Alexis of Piemont, containing excellent remedies against diuerse diseases… 1595
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1595
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets. Commonlie called, the good husvviues closet of prouision, for the… 1596
[author not specified] The secrets of Albertus Magnus 1599
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets. Commonlie called, The good-huswiues closet of prouision, for the… 1600
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1601
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets. Commonlie called, The good-huswiues closet of prouision, for the… 1608
Partridge John The widdowes treasure. Plentifully furnished with sundry precious and approued secrets in phisicke and chirurgery… 1610
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts. Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1612
Ruscelli Girolamo The secrets of Alexis: containing many excellent remedies against diuers diseases, wounds, and other accidents… 1615
[author not specified] The secrets of Albertus Magnus 1617
[author not specified] The secrets of Albertus Magnus 1626
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets: commonly called, The good-huswiues closet of prouision, for the… 1627
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets: commonly called, the good-huswiues closet of prouision, for the… 1627
Partridge John The widdovves treasure 1627
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sortes: vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1627
Partridge John The vviddovves treasure. Plentifully furnished with sundry precious and approued secrets in physicke and chirurgery… 1631
Lupton Thomas A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts: vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant… 1631
[author not specified] The secrets of Albertus Magnus 1632
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets, commonly called, The good-huswiues closet of prouision, for the… 1633
Bate John The mysteryes of nature, and art... 1634
Bate John The mysteryes of nature, and art... 1634
Bate John The mysteries of nature and art 1634
[author not specified] The secrets of Albertus Magnus 1637
Partridge John The treasurie of hidden secrets, commonly called, The good-huswives closet of provision, for the… 1637