1664 - Encyclopedia of Natural Magic & Psychedelics
Della Porta was a 16th-century Italian polymath known for perfecting the camera obscura, as well as for his interest in demonology and magnetism. He founded a society known as The Academy of Secrets and some of his works ended up on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the books officially banned by the Vatican.
Magia Naturalis focuses on a wide variety of topics, from physics and chemistry to magic and technology. The work is divided into twenty books, each addressing different aspects of "natural magic." Porta explores topics such as optics, alchemy, zoology, meteorology and agriculture. It also includes detailed descriptions of scientific experiments and observations.
Porta's exploration of the boundaries between science, occultism, and technology were highly influential and widely read. His work contributed to the development of empirical and experimental science in the Renaissance. This is an attractive octavo volume in pristine condition with gilding on the spine and many interesting illustrations.
1664. Giambattista della Portae (John Baptist Porta). Magiae naturalis libri viginti. Ab ipso quidem authore adaucti… NATURAL MAGIC. Amsterdam, Elizeum Weyerstraten. A volume in 12º (13.2 x 7.7 cm.) bound in full period leather, spine with ribs, gilded iron and tejuelo. 8 a.m. inc. copper engraved frontispiece in which the author is seen working in his laboratory, 670 p., 11 o'clock, without number.
Della Porta was a 16th-century Italian polymath known for perfecting the camera obscura, as well as for his interest in demonology and magnetism. He founded a society known as The Academy of Secrets and some of his works ended up on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the books officially banned by the Vatican.
Magia Naturalis focuses on a wide variety of topics, from physics and chemistry to magic and technology. The work is divided into twenty books, each addressing different aspects of "natural magic." Porta explores topics such as optics, alchemy, zoology, meteorology and agriculture. It also includes detailed descriptions of scientific experiments and observations.
Porta's exploration of the boundaries between science, occultism, and technology were highly influential and widely read. His work contributed to the development of empirical and experimental science in the Renaissance. This is an attractive octavo volume in pristine condition with gilding on the spine and many interesting illustrations.
1664. Giambattista della Portae (John Baptist Porta). Magiae naturalis libri viginti. Ab ipso quidem authore adaucti… NATURAL MAGIC. Amsterdam, Elizeum Weyerstraten. A volume in 12º (13.2 x 7.7 cm.) bound in full period leather, spine with ribs, gilded iron and tejuelo. 8 a.m. inc. copper engraved frontispiece in which the author is seen working in his laboratory, 670 p., 11 o'clock, without number.
Della Porta was a 16th-century Italian polymath known for perfecting the camera obscura, as well as for his interest in demonology and magnetism. He founded a society known as The Academy of Secrets and some of his works ended up on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the books officially banned by the Vatican.
Magia Naturalis focuses on a wide variety of topics, from physics and chemistry to magic and technology. The work is divided into twenty books, each addressing different aspects of "natural magic." Porta explores topics such as optics, alchemy, zoology, meteorology and agriculture. It also includes detailed descriptions of scientific experiments and observations.
Porta's exploration of the boundaries between science, occultism, and technology were highly influential and widely read. His work contributed to the development of empirical and experimental science in the Renaissance. This is an attractive octavo volume in pristine condition with gilding on the spine and many interesting illustrations.
1664. Giambattista della Portae (John Baptist Porta). Magiae naturalis libri viginti. Ab ipso quidem authore adaucti… NATURAL MAGIC. Amsterdam, Elizeum Weyerstraten. A volume in 12º (13.2 x 7.7 cm.) bound in full period leather, spine with ribs, gilded iron and tejuelo. 8 a.m. inc. copper engraved frontispiece in which the author is seen working in his laboratory, 670 p., 11 o'clock, without number.