A thousand notable things on various subjects
Subtitle: disclosed from the secrets of nature and art, practicable, profitable, and of great advantage : set down from long and curious study and experience ... in one volume, digested into fourteen books ... with strict amendments and large additions to what formerly has been published : to which is prefixed the Century of inventions, by the Marquis of Worcester, 1655 : also, A discourse on the emigration of British birds.
Contributors: Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of, 1601-1667.; Edwards, George, 18th cent.; McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Walker, Edwards, and Reynolds
Published: 1815
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.; Inventions -- Early works to 1800.; Birds -- Migration -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written by Thomas Lupton and first published in 1579 under the title: A thousand notable things of sundry sortes. Cf. DNB.
LC copy imperfect: p. 99-100, 217-220 wanting.
Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.