PORTA, JOHN BAPTISTA [GIAMBATTISTA DELLA PORTA]. Natural Magick in Twenty Book s... Wherein are set forth All the Riches and Delights of the Natural Sciences. London: Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658. 4to (268 x 177 mm). Add'l engraved pictorial title (chipped at the margins and laid down on a new sheet), title printed in red and black with small vignette, woodcut illustrations in the text. 18th-century speckled calf, rebacked, new endpapers, hinges strengthened with cloth tape, title page with some staining, trimmed at margins (without loss), repair to title, minor foxing throughout. Provenance: "(17) Maii 9, 1694" (ink inscription); Thos Llewellin, his book (ink inscription to title). THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. ESTC R33476; Norman 1726; Toole Stott 576 WITH: Magia Naturalis Libri Viginti. Lyon: 1644. 16mo (115 x 70 mm). Add'l engraved title. 19th-century English calf. Headlines shaved, with some loss. Provenance: Guy Bechtel ("Bibliophobe Bechtel" bookplate). WITH: Another copy. Amsterdam: 1664. 12mo (133 x 75 mm). Add'l engraved title (trimmed). Full vellum WITH: Another copy. Rothomagi (Rouen): 1650. 8vo (178 x 112 mm). Early vellum, ink titles rubbed on spine. WITH: Another copy. Same imprint. 8vo (174 x 110 mm). Modern boards backed in leather.
PORTA, JOHN BAPTISTA [GIAMBATTISTA DELLA PORTA]. Natural Magick in Twenty Book s... Wherein are set forth All the Riches and Delights of the Natural Sciences. London: Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658. 4to (268 x 177 mm). Add'l engraved pictorial title (chipped at the margins and laid down on a new sheet), title printed in red and black with small vignette, woodcut illustrations in the text. 18th-century speckled calf, rebacked, new endpapers, hinges strengthened with cloth tape, title page with some staining, trimmed at margins (without loss), repair to title, minor foxing throughout. Provenance: "(17) Maii 9, 1694" (ink inscription); Thos Llewellin, his book (ink inscription to title). THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. ESTC R33476; Norman 1726; Toole Stott 576 WITH: Magia Naturalis Libri Viginti. Lyon: 1644. 16mo (115 x 70 mm). Add'l engraved title. 19th-century English calf. Headlines shaved, with some loss. Provenance: Guy Bechtel ("Bibliophobe Bechtel" bookplate). WITH: Another copy. Amsterdam: 1664. 12mo (133 x 75 mm). Add'l engraved title (trimmed). Full vellum WITH: Another copy. Rothomagi (Rouen): 1650. 8vo (178 x 112 mm). Early vellum, ink titles rubbed on spine. WITH: Another copy. Same imprint. 8vo (174 x 110 mm). Modern boards backed in leather.
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