Lot 1122
1122
PORTA, J.B. Magiæ naturalis, libri viginti. Leyden, P. Leffen, 1651. (16), 670, (22) pp. W. engr. ti. (dated 1650). W. num. text-woodcuts. 12°. Cont. cf. (Rebacked in mod. cf., lower paste down detached, sl. browned).
This work was originally composed of four books and it was first published in 1558. It was then expanded to twenty books in 1589. The work was popular in Europe and it was translated in modern European languages (Italian, French, Dutch and English). It deals with popular science, cosmology, geology, optics, plant products, medicine, poisons, cooking, alchemy, distillation, glass colouring, glazes and ceramics, magnetic properties, cosmetics, gunpowder and cryptography. - Caillet 8852; Ferguson II, 216; Duveen 481.€ 300
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