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Giambattista della Porta (c1535-1615)

Giambattiata della Porta, also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta was an Italian scholar and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Scientific Revolution and Reformation.

Works by Giambattiata della Porta

  • Magiciae naturalis (Natural Magic)
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    ;; De furtivis Literarum Notis (1563) On secret codes and cryptography
    ;; Villa (1583-92) Agricultural encyclopaedia
    ;; De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586) On physiognomy
    ;; Phytognomonica (1588) On plant physiognomy
    ;; De refractione optices (1589) On Optics
    ;; Elementorum curvilineorum libri duo (1601)
    ;; Coelestis Physiogranonia (1603) pub. Naples
    ;; De aeris transmutanionbus (1609) On meteorology
    ;; De distillatione (1608) Della Porta's chemical experiments and observations on distillation.
    ;; De Miracoli & Maravigliosi Effetti dalla Natura prodotti (1665) pub. Venice
    ;; 
    ;; Le commedie 
    ;; by Giambattista della Porta
    ;; Published 1910 by G. Laterza & figli in Bari . 
    ;; Written in Italian.
    ;; Table of Contents
    ;;       v. 1. La sorella. La carbonaria. La fantesca. La tabernaria.
    ;;     https://www.archive.org/stream/lecommedie01port?ref=ol#page/n8/mode/1up
    ;;       v. 2. L'Olimpia. La Cintia. Gli duoi fratelli rivali. Lo astrologo.
    ;; Edition Notes
    ;; At head of title: Giambattista della Porta.
    ;; No more published.
    

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