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PORTA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELLA. Della Magia Naturale. . . Accresciuta . . . del Trattato della Chirofisonomia non ancora stampato. Woodcut text illustrations and diagrams; full-page engraving of hand on page 566. [16], 602, [22] pages, including engraved portrait of the author. 4to, 221x174 mm, old sheep, worn, evidence of tape removal on spine and covers, spine ends chipped, covers detached; title reinforced in gutter with white tape, a few gatherings browned. Conspicuous stamp of Saint Gregory's University on top, fore, and bottom edges, title, and rear pastedown. Naples: Antonio Bulifon, 1677
Later edition of an Italian version first published in 1611. Included here is the first edition of Porta's work on palm reading, translated from an unpublished manuscript in Latin. Piantanida 2234; Thorndike VI, 163-64.
