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Record ID 96371
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 27
Porta's Nat: Magick folio
Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
Cairnoan McDowell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85688. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Giambattista della Porta (Male, born c.1535, died 1615)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural magick.
Confidence level: Certain
Giambattista della Porta (Male, born c.1535, died 1615)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books: 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 cures. 9 Of beautifying women. 10 Of distillation. 11 Of perfuming. 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. Wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1658. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R33476
Giambattista della Porta (Male, born c.1535, died 1615)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural Magick by John Baptista Porta
Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday).
Borrower: Cairnoan McDowell
Author: Giambattista della Porta (Male, born c.1535, died 1615), Genre: Natural Philosophy