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<dl><dd>[8], 409, [7] p. : 28 cm. (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Title printed in red and black; woodcut title vignette; woodcut illustrations</dd>
<dd>(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, &amp;c. -- 16. Of invisible writing -- 17. Of strange glasses -- 18. Of statick experiments -- 19. Of pneumatick experiments -- 20. Of the Chaos</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Magic -- Early works to 1800; Science -- Early works to 1800; Industrial arts -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615</div>
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