⚠This page consists primarily of mirrored bleed-through (show-through) from the title page on the reverse side (recto). The transcription below presents this text as it was intended to be read for clarity. The page also contains original handwritten annotations and library stamps.

12 . 5 . G , 34 A handwritten library shelfmark used for organizing books in a collection.

Three library stamps from the National Library of Naples are visible on the left side of the page. The top one is a faint rectangular stamp; the middle is a circular stamp with "V. E. III" (referring to Vittorio Emanuele III) in the center; the bottom is a large oval stamp.

The following text is the mirrored image of the title page, visible through the paper:

PIETRO POM-

PONAZZI OF MANTUA,

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NAPLES

the greatest and most Christian philosopher of his time, on the wonderful

causes of natural effects, or on

incantations

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NAPLES V. E. III

AN ABSTRUSE|Knowledge that is hidden, difficult to understand, or intended only for a specialized audience

AND PHILOSOPHICAL WORK

now for the first time published,

through the effort and dedication of Guglielmo Gratarolo,

a physician of Bergamo.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NAPLES

With the addition of the annotations of Johann Michael Gesner

to this book.

Happy is he who was able to understand the causes of things. original: "Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas" — a famous quotation from the Roman poet Virgil's Georgics (2.490), celebrating the power of scientific and philosophical inquiry to overcome superstition.

With the favor and privilege

of His Imperial Majesty.

De Incantationibus

PIETRO POM-

PONAZZI OF MANTUA,

AN ABSTRUSE|Knowledge that is hidden, difficult to understand, or intended only for a specialized audience

AND PHILOSOPHICAL WORK

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