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Libra Esoterica

Natural magick

by Giambattista della Porta

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: English, Latin
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Facsimile edition of work first published in abridged edition of 1558, and then in this full English edition in 1658. A miscellany of early scientific beliefs, observations, and experiments by della Porta and his little group of amateur scientists.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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1658Printed for T. Young and S. SpeedEnglish, Latin—Public

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openlibrary-work:OL1095018W
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