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 Info | London : Printed for Thomas Young and Samuel Speed ..., 1658. |
| Description | [7], 409 [i.e. 405], [7] p. : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240900110 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | MagiƦ natvralis libri viginti. English. 1658 |
| Series | Early 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 note | Engraved added t.p. |
| General note | Numerous errors in paging. |
| General note | Imperfect: p. 337-344 stained with loss of print. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. |
| References | Wing P2982 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1554:14) |
| Stock number | CL0037000055 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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