"Of the original edition one hundred and twenty five copies were printed by hand at the Watch Hill Press ... by Crosby Gaige and James Hendrickson ... The title was drawn by Francesco Bianco and the vignette is by Pamela Bianco. Of this edition tow hundred fifty copies were printed at the Herb Grower Press ... by Philip W. Foster....This is copy no. 130."

A selection from the author's Recepte véritable, 1563.

"The text used in the translation was taken from the French of Les œuvres de maître Bernard Palissy, nouvelle edition revue sur les textes originaux par B. Fillon, avec une notice historique, bibliographique et iconographique, par Louis Audiat, Paris, 1888."--Introd.