Shelfmark
Gc.5.20
Author
Uniform title
[Magiae naturalis. Italian]
Title
De i miracoli et marauigliosi effetti dalla natura prodotti. Libri IIII. Di Gio. Battista Porta Napolitano. Nuouamente tradotti di latino in volgare, & con molta diligenza corretti. Con due tauole, una de'Capitoli, & l'altra delle cose piu notabili..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De i miracoli et maravigliosi effetti dalla natvra prodotti
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Dei miracoli et marauigliosi effetti dalla natura prodotti
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Venetia, : Appresso gli Heredi di Iacomo Simbeni. M. D. LXXXIII. [1588]
Physical description
[16], 148 leaves ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
Imprint name precedes date on title page.
Note
Woodcut title page vignette and initials.
Note
Signatures: a-b⁸ A-S⁸ T⁴.
Provenance
Booklabel recording bequest to Eton College by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Provenance
Later inscription on title page: ?JH Lat no. 653; ms. number on front cover: 16545.
Binding
Contemporary Italian limp vellum case made from manuscript waste; two sewing supports; paper guards made from printed music waste (text in French); ms. spine title; traces of ties; edge title in red ink.
Copy-specific note
Author's name, "tradotti ... volgare" and imprint place and date obliterated in black ink on title page. Author's name added in a later hand.
Subject
Science Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
Printed waste.
Genre/Form
Manuscript waste.
Genre/Form
Edge titles.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Heredi di Iacomo Simbeni bookseller.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B49238