Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane. In twenty books 1 Of the causes of wonderful things. 2 Of the generation of animals. 3 Of the production of new plants. 4 Of increasing houshold-stuff. 5 Of changing metals. 6 Of counterfeiting gold. 7 Of the wonders of the load-stone. 8 Of strange cures. 9 Of beautifying women. 10 Of destillation. 11 Of perfuming. 12 Of artificial fires. 13 Of tempering steel. 14 Of cookery. 15 Of fishing, fowling, hunting, &c. 16 Of invisible writing. 17 Of strange glasses. 18 Of statick experiments. 19 Of pneumatick experiments. 20 Of the Chaos. Wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences

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• Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane. In twenty books 1 Of the causes of wonderful things. 2 Of the generation of animals. 3 Of the production of new plants. 4 Of increasing houshold-stuff. 5 Of changing metals. 6 Of counterfeiting gold. 7 Of the wonders of the load-stone. 8 Of strange cures. 9 Of beautifying women. 10 Of destillation. 11 Of perfuming. 12 Of artificial fires. 13 Of tempering steel. 14 Of cookery. 15 Of fishing, fowling, hunting, &c. 16 Of invisible writing. 17 Of strange glasses. 18 Of statick experiments. 19 Of pneumatick experiments. 20 Of the Chaos. Wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences
• Magiæ naturalis libri viginti. English

People / Organizations

• Giambattista della Porta (Author)
• John Wright Jr. ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for John Wright next to the sign of the Globe in Little-Britain, 1669.

Publication year

1669

ESTC No.

R217931

Grub Street ID

92658

Description

[6], 409, [7] p. : ill. ; 2°.

Note

Title page in red and black

Includes index

Errors in paging; text and register are complete despite pagination.