author

Piemontese Alessio

A mysterious Renaissance writer known for a hugely popular collection of practical recipes, remedies, and household secrets. The name is usually treated as a pseudonym linked to the Italian scholar Girolamo Ruscelli.

1 Audiobook

A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations.

A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations.

by W. J., Piemontese Alessio

About the author

Alessio Piemontese was the name attached to a famous 16th-century Italian book of secrets, often referred to in Latin as Alexius Pedemontanus. The work gathered practical knowledge on medicine, cosmetics, craft techniques, and everyday problem-solving, and it became one of the best-known how-to books of its time.

Modern reference sources describe Alessio Piemontese as a pseudonym rather than a clearly documented individual. The name is commonly connected with Girolamo Ruscelli, an Italian writer and editor, though some details of that identification remain uncertain.

What makes this author interesting today is the reach of the book itself: it circulated in many editions and was translated into several European languages, showing how strongly readers were drawn to useful, experiment-based knowledge in the Renaissance.