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Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani Magiae naturalis libri viginti, : in quibus scientiarum naturalium diuitia, & deliciae demonstrantur. Iam de nouo, ab omnibus mendis repurgati, in lucem prodierunt. Accessit index, rem omnem dilucidè repraesentant copiosissimus. Librorum ordinem, qui in hoc opere continentur, versa pagina indicabit

by: Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615

Publication date: 1607

Topics: Science, Natural history, Aloe, Guaiac, Gums and resins, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Imprint 1607

Publisher: Francofurti [Frankfurt am Main] : Excudebat Samuel Hempelius, sumptibus Claudij Marnij, & haeredum Ioann Aubrij

Collection: jcbgerman; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Latin

This enlarged version, in 20 books, was originally published in Naples in 1589

Book IV, p. 170-241 includes "Filum ex aloe america" on p. 236

Book X, p. 397-446 includes "Oleum ex guaiaco" on p. 422, "Magisterium ex guaiaco" on p. 428-429, and "Gummi ex panace extrahere" on p. 445-446

Signatures: )(⁸ ):(⁸ ):( ):(² A-2T⁸ (2T7 verso, 2T8 blank)

Includes index on p. [13-36], 1st count

Woodcut printer's vignette on title page; head pieces; initials

Also includes woodcut illustrations in the text

Wellcome cat. of printed books

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full vellum over boards

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund