The secretes of the reverende Maister Alexis of Piemovnt containyng excellente remedies against diuers diseases. woundes and other accidents, with the manner to make distillations, parfumes, confitures, diyngs, colours, fusions and meltynges : A work well approved; berye profytable and necessary for every man - Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 1565 (English experience, its record in early printed books published in facsimile, 1975)