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Della fisonomia dell'huomo

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Also known as De humana physiognomonia. Italian

by Giambattista della Porta, Giovanni Giacomo Carlino, Geronimo de Novo, Salvatore Scarano, Costantino Vitale, Giovanni di Rosa & Pietro Paolo Tozzi

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: Italian, Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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[8], 202, 201-346 p. : 33 cm (fol.) First ed. of Scarano's Italian translation. Another translation by Giovanni di Rosa appeared at Naples in 1598. Original Latin ed. published 1586 at Vico Equense (near Naples) Engraved coat of arms on t.p. of viceroy Pedro Ferdinándo de Castro y Andrada, to whom work is dedicated. Port. of della Porta by Geronimo de Novo on t.p. verso. In-text ill. mostly bear arabic or roman numbers, but do not appear in sequence (numerous repeats). Head- and tail-pieces, initials Signatures: a⁴ A-2F⁶

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Physiognomy” and “physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Physiognomy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Physiognomy”· via Open Library
    • “physiognomy”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Physiognomy”· in subject

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

8 unnumbered pages, 248 leaves : woodcuts (1 on title page), illustrations, portraits ; (4to)

1613In Padoua : per Pietro Paolo Tozzi. :Nella stamparia del Pasquati.; per Pietro Paolo Tozzi. :Nella stamparia del Pasquati; per Pietro Paolo Tozzi. :Nella stamparia del Pasquati.Italian, Latin—Public

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1610Appresso Gio. Giacomo Carlino e Costantino Vitale, ad instanza di Saluatore Scarano; In Napoli : Appresso Gio. Giacomo Carlino e Costantino Vitale, ad instanza di Saluatore ScaranoItalian—Public

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Open Library record

1615Pietro Paolo TozziItalian—No ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Duke University Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Harold B. Lee Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Brigham Young University
  • Digitization sponsor: Duke University Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Scanner: scribe1.provo.archive.org
  • Scanner: scribe2.santamonica.archive.org
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