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035 $a(OCoLC)43295318
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050 4 $aQ155$b.P83 1658
099 $aG.M658.P38N
100 1 $aPorta, Giambattista della,$dapproximately 1535-1615.
240 10 $aMagiae naturalis,$lEnglish
245 10 $aNatural magick /$cby John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane ; in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences.
246 3 $aNatural magick, in xx bookes
246 3 $aNatural magic
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for Thomas Young and Samuel Speed and are to be sold at the three pigeons, and at the angel in St. Paul's Church-yard,$c1658.
300 $a[8], 384, 381-388, 393-409, [7] p. :$bill. (woodcuts) ;$c28 cm. (fol. in 4s)
500 $aTwo states are noted. State 1 has pages misnumbered as follows: p. 113 misnumbered 120; p. 120 misnumbered 113; p. 129 misnumbered 131; p. 385-392 misnumbered 381-388. In state 2, the first 2 errors have been corrected.
500 $aSignatures: pi1 2pi1 C℗ø D-3Iþ́
500 $aTitle page vignette; title in red and black ink within a double-ruled border; head- and tailpieces; initials.
500 $aAdded engraved title page has title "Natural magick, in xx bookes," and imprint: R Gaywood fecit Lond. 1658; contains a portrait of the author.
500 $aOriginally published in 4 books in Naples, 1558. Extended to 20 books, Naples, 1559. Cf. Ferguson, J. Bib. chemica.
500 $aIllustrated throughout with small woodcuts.
500 $aContents (fromt title page): ... : 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.
510 4 $aWing (2nd ed.),$cP2982
510 4 $aToole-Stott, R. Conjuring,$c576
510 4 $aFerguson, J. Bib. chemica,$cv. 2, p. 216n
510 4 $aESTC$cR33476
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in tan library cloth. This copy displays the typographical peculariaties ascribed to variant 1, described in greater detail elsewehere in this record.
590 $a7910a.5: The original Latin is on shelf-number *7969.5.
650 0 $aScience$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aIndustrial arts$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aMagnetism$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aMagic tricks$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aAlchemy $vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aGaywood, Richard,$dactive 1650-1680,$eengraver.
700 1 $aYoung, Thomas,$dactive 1658,$epublisher.
700 1 $aSpeed, Samuel,$d-1681,$epublisher.
752 $aEngland$dLondon.
852 $aBPL - Delivery Desk$bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$h7910a.5$o10$pmq7993101$rIn$wBook$y1$7True$90
852 $aBPL - Special Collections $bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$hG.M658.P38N$kRARE BKS$o9$p39999089683260$rIn-Process$wBook$y1$7False$90
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