| Ref No | EFP/094/1669/3 |
| Finding Number | AQ 094/1669/3 |
| Title | 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 |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1669 |
| Description | Magiæ naturalis libri viginti. English
Title page in red and black.; Errors in paging; text and register are complete despite pagination.; T.p. backed and repaired at border, slightly affecting text; final leaves repaired at border; MS. ink annotations on t.p. and t.p. verso; 4350.; Includes index.; Microfilm.; R217931. |
| Author | Della Porta, Giambattista, 1535?-1615 |
| Subject | Science; Industrial art |
| Physical Description | [6], 409, [7] p. : ill. ; 2j. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | London : printed for John Wright next to the sign of the Globe in Little-Britain, 1669. |