Della magia naturale del signor Gio: Battista della Porta Napolitano libri XX.
Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615)
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
Naples
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3188272
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 602, [22] p. : ill., coat of arms, port. ; 4to. Running number: 4282. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "p. Bonnet M [or N]. R. ord. 1684". Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price on front pastedown: "5tt" [i.e. 5 livre tournois]. Manuscript numbers on front pastedown and fly-leaf: "397" and "4976". Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615) Francesco de Rosa (1607-1656) Pompeo Sarnelli (1649-1724)