The history of many memorable things lost, which were in use among the ancients
Subtitle: and an account of many excellent things found, now in use among the moderns, both natural and artificial
By: written originally in Latin, by Guido Pancirollus ; and now done into English, and illustrated with a new commentary of choice remarks, pleasant relations, and useful discourses, from Salmuth's large annotations ; with several additions throughout ... ; to this English edition is added, first, a supplement to the chapter of printing, shewing the time of its beginning, and first book printed in each city before the year 1500 ; secondly, what the moderns have found, the ancients never knew ; extracted from Dr. Sprat's ... History of the Royal-Society, the writings of ... Mr. Boyle ... &c. ; thirdly, an index to the whole. --
Contributors: Salmuth, Heinrich, fl. 1599; Lilford, Lord (bookplate)
Publisher: Printed for John Nicholson ..., and sold by John Morphew ...
Published: 1715
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Inventions -- History; Lost arts
Work titles: Raccolta breve d'alcune cose più segnalate c'hebbero gli antichi.
Notes: Actually a translation of the original Italian work: Raccolta breve d'alcune cose più segnalate c'hebbero gli antichi, e d'alcune altre trovate da moderni.

With the bookplate of Lord Lilford.