Deconstructing the original post I would say Latin would be a likelier candidate than Italian for the language of the source text(s) and that the division into six treatises was the idea of the author and not something taken over from another text.
I would also suggest investigating Bernardo Buontalenti (pictured below) as the possible author of the Italian treatises.Attached Image (viewed 297 times):
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