De secretis libri XVII. Ex varijs authoribus collecti, methodiceque, digesti, et aucti / Per Ioan. Iacobvm VVeckervm.

Basileae : Typis C. Waldekirchii, sumptibus L. König, 1613.

8 unnumbered leaves, 667 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves (last blank) : woodcuts, diagrams, illustrations ; (8vo)

Duveen 613

Derived in part from the work attributed to Alessio Piemontese (probably pseud. of Girolamo Ruscelli), the first edition of which bore title: De' secreti del reverendo donno Alessio Piemontese sei libri. Venezia, S. Bordogna, 1555. First translated into Latin and published, with additions, by Wecker under title: D. Alexeii Pedemontani De secretis libri sex ... Ex italico in latinum sermone nunc primum translati per J.J. Weckerum. Basileae, 1559. Cf. Melzi, Mazzuchelli, Graesse, Brunet, Jöcher, Brit. Mus. Catalogue, Hirsch, etc