A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled
Subtitle: Naturall and artificiall conclusions
By: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..
Contributors: Batholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century; Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576; Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-; Mizauld, Antoine, 1510-1578; Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: by Edward Allde.
Published: 1586
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Magic tricks; Early works to 1800; Puzzles; Amusements
Other titles: Naturall and artificiall conclusions
Notes: A compilation of translated material from a number of earlier writers, primarily Girolamo Cardano, but also including Mizauld, Bartholomew Anglicus, J.J. Wecker, and Albertus Magnus; the possibility exists that Hill originated some of the material himself. Cf. Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, p. 41-42.

First extant edition 1581, but evidence exists indicating editions in 1567 and 1568. Cf. Hall, p. 35-40.

Black letter.

Tail-piece; initials; title vignette (candle burning in a bottle).

Signatures: A-D⁸ (last leaf blank?).

Error in register: D₄ printed D₃.

Imperfect: cropped, stained, and with print show-through; last leaf missing?

STC (2nd ed.) 13481.