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Io. Bapt. Portae Neapolitani Magiae natvralis libri XX

Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615 · 1589 · Neapoli : Apud Horatium Saluianum · 45 pictures

Giambattista della Porta's Magiae naturalis, a 1589 Latin natural-philosophy treatise printed in Naples by Horatio Salviani, aimed at scholars and readers of early science and industrial arts. The four pictures are near-identical horizontal printer's ornaments: a central oval cartouche flanked by scrolled brackets, rams-head or eagle-head medallions at each end, and ribbon-like strapwork below, all in woodcut line.

Science -- Early works to 1800 · Industrial arts -- Early works to 1800 · Magnetism -- Early works to 1800

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