Alternative Title is exactly "Trattato degli elementi raccolto da varii autori di filosofia, et ridotto in chiaro et breve sommario per M. Stefano Breventano, cittadino di Pavia."
Breventano's treatise on the natural elements opens with an interesting preface to the readers in which the author explains the importance of disseminating scientific culture not only through translations and commentaries, but through compendia as…