Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane

[8], 409, [7] p. : 28 cm. (fol.) Title printed in red and black; woodcut title vignette; woodcut illustrations (from title-page) 1. Of the causes of wonderful things -- 2. Of the generation of animals -- 3. Of the production of new plants -- 4. Of increasing houshold-stuff -- 5. Of changing metals -- 6. Of counterfeiting gold -- 7. Of the wonders of the load-stone -- 8. Of strange curses -- 9. Of beautifying women -- 10. Of distillation -- 11. Of purfuming -- 12. Of artificial fires -- 13. Of tempering steel -- 14. Of cookery -- 15. Of fishing, fowling, hunting, &c. -- 16. Of invisible writing -- 17. Of strange glasses -- 18. Of statick experiments -- 19. Of pneumatick experiments -- 20. Of the Chaos