JOHN BAPTIST

PORTA OF NAPLES,

TWENTY BOOKS OF NATURAL MAGIC,

IN WHICH THE RICHES

and delights of the Natural Sciences are

demonstrated.

NOW NEWLY PURGED OF ALL

errors, they have been brought forth

into the light.

An INDEX has been added, representing the whole matter clearly and

most abundantly.

The order of the Books contained in this work

is indicated on the back of this page.

A woodcut printer's device featuring Pegasus, the winged horse, standing on a pedestal. Below the horse is a caduceus (a staff entwined by two serpents and topped with wings). The base of the staff is held by two hands emerging from clouds on the left and right sides. The entire composition is framed by decorative scrollwork and cornucopias.

AT HANAU,

original: "Hanoviæ"

From the Wechel press, at the expense of Daniel and David

Aubry and Clement

Schleich.

1619.

Bavarian State Library MUNICH