The history of many memorable things lost, which were in use among the ancients : and an account of many excellent things found, now in use among the moderns, both natural and artificial / 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 the 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 (late Bishop of Rochester) History of the Royal-Society, the writings of the Honourable Mr. Boyle, the Royal-Academy at Paris, &c. ; thirdly, an index to the whole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599.

Contributor:

Salmuth, Heinrich, 1522-1576.

Nicholson, John, -approximately 1717, publisher.

Morphew, John, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Raccolta di alcune cose più segnalate, che ebbero gli antichi, e di alcune altre trovate da' moderni. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Inventions--History--Early works to 1800.

Inventions.

Lost arts--Early works to 1800.

Lost arts.

Incunabula--Early works to 1800.

Incunabula.

History.

Genre:

Advertisements -- Great Britain -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 2)

Physical Description:

2 volumes in 1 ( page, 14 unnumbered pages, 242 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 265-452 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 16 pages) ; 17 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

thmy 2018 ins- spFl (3) 1715 (A) v.1

9184 cy.] r.es citu (C) 1715 (A) v.2

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Nicholson in Little-Britain, and sold by John Morphew near Stationers-hall, 1715.

Notes:

Includes index.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials.

"Addenda to the account of the invention of printing": p. 408-416.

The pagination and register are continuous throughout the two volumes.

With eight final advertisement leaves, X5-[X12].

Cited in:

ESTC T152802

Goldsmiths 5196

Other Format:

Online version: Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599. Raccolta di alcune cose più segnalate, che ebbero gli antichi, e di alcune altre trovate da' moderni. English. History of many memorable things lost, which were in use among the ancients.

OCLC:

13599168