Natural magick / by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane ; in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences.

Author/creator Porta, Giambattista della
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for Thomas Young and Samuel Speed ..., 1658.
Description[7], 409 [i.e. 405], [7] p. : ill.
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Uniform titleMagiƦ natvralis libri viginti. English. 1658
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
Contents (from t.p.) 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 distillation -- 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.
General noteEngraved added t.p.
General noteNumerous errors in paging.
General noteImperfect: p. 337-344 stained with loss of print.
General noteReproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
References Wing P2982
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1554:14)
Stock numberCL0037000055 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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