De furtiuis literarum notis vulgo

Title

De furtiuis literarum notis vulgo

Alternative Title

Full title: De furtiuis literarum notis vulgo : de ziferis libri IIII / Ioan. Baptista Porta Neapolitano autore.

Creator

Giambattista della Porta, approximately 1535-1615

Publisher

Neapoli [i.e. London] : Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum [i.e. John Wolfe]

Date

MDLXIII [1563 i.e. 1591]

Format

[20], 228 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. (4to)

Description

Edited by Giacomo Castelvetro.

Includes three volvelles, the moving parts of which were printed together on a separate quarter-sheet (plate).

Signatures: [dagger]⁶ *⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E⁶.

Title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials; tables; diagrams.

"Wolfe's reprint has a mask orn. on tp while the orig. tp has arms of the kingdom of Naples."--STC., Includes index., Signature register on *4; Errata on *4v.

Provenance

Limp vellum binding. Manuscript notes on title page.

Contributor

Giacomo Castlevetro, 1546-1616?, editor
Giovanni Maria Scoto, active 1559-1566, associated name
John Wolfe d. 1601, publisher

Language

Latin, English

Identifier

Dated 1591 .P67
STC (2nd ed.) 20118a
ESTC S114932

Files

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Collection

Citation

Giambattista della Porta, approximately 1535-1615, “De furtiuis literarum notis vulgo,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/2.