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Giambattista della Porta (Person) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Giambattista della Porta

Also known as: Giovanni Battista della Porta, Ioannes Baptista Porta, Baptista Porta

23 books·624 total mentions

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An Italian polymath and playwright known for his work on natural magic, optics, and physiognomy, most notably his influential Magia Naturalis.

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Appears in 23 Books

Key to the secrets of nature

Eckartshausen, Karl von

p. 390 p. 391 p. 392 p. 393 p. 394 p. 395 p. 396 p. 397 p. 398 p. 399+2 more pages

Magia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)

Giambattista della Porta

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The Great Art of Light and Shadow

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p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36+45 more pages

Kepler: Dioptrice (1611 First Edition)

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p. 78 p. 79 p. 80 p. 81 p. 82 p. 83 p. 84 p. 85 p. 86 p. 87+10 more pages

Musurgia universalis Tomus II

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p. 278 p. 279 p. 280 p. 281 p. 282 p. 283 p. 284 p. 285 p. 286 p. 287+11 more pages

The Discovery of Witchcraft

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p. 99 p. 100 p. 101 p. 102 p. 103 p. 104 p. 105 p. 106 p. 107 p. 120+30 more pages

Miracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)

Philipp Müller; Michael Sendivogius; Jean Béguin

p. 317 p. 318 p. 319 p. 320 p. 321 p. 322 p. 323 p. 324 p. 325 p. 326+6 more pages

Natural Magic, or On the Miracles of Natural Things

Giambattista della Porta

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+8 more pages

Philosophia Moysaica

Robert Fludd

p. 279 p. 280 p. 281 p. 282 p. 283 p. 284 p. 285 p. 286

Basilica Chymica (BSB/Hartmann edition)

Croll, Oswald

p. 258 p. 259 p. 260 p. 261 p. 262 p. 263 p. 264 p. 265 p. 266 p. 267+30 more pages

Optics (foundations of modern optics)

Kepler, Johannes

p. 79 p. 80 p. 81 p. 82 p. 83 p. 84 p. 85 p. 86 p. 87 p. 88+57 more pages

Giambattista della Porta

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Traite des fougeres de l Amerique

Charles Plumier

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Basilica chymica. De signaturis

Crollius, Oswaldus

p. 252 p. 253 p. 254 p. 255 p. 256 p. 257 p. 258 p. 259 p. 260 p. 261+36 more pages

De Occultis Literarum Notis (Secret Writing)

Giambattista della Porta

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

La Magie Naturelle (Secrets et Miracles de Nature)

Giambattista della Porta

p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Discurs curiöser Sachen

Meerheim, Johann Gottfried

p. 77 p. 78 p. 79 p. 80 p. 81 p. 82 p. 83 p. 84 p. 85 p. 86+6 more pages

Raphael oder Artzt-Engel

Franckenberg, Abraham von

p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49 p. 50 p. 51 p. 52 p. 53 p. 54 p. 55+3 more pages

Responsum ad Hoplocrisma-spongum M. Fosteri presbiteri

Fludd, Robert

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Disquisitionum Magicarum Libri Sex

Martin Del Rio

p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42

L'incredulite et mescreance du sortilege plainement convaincue

Pierre de Lancre

p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49+7 more pages

Theatrum de Veneficis

Abraham Saur

p. 398 p. 399 p. 400 p. 401 p. 402 p. 403 p. 404 p. 405

The Garden of Cyrus

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p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39+3 more pages

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