Io. Bap. Portae Neopolitani de distillatione lib. IX : quibus certa methodo, multipliciq[ue] artificio, penitioribus naturae arcanis detectis, cuius libet mixti in propria elementa resolutio, perfectè docetur

Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615, Lauro, Giacomo, 17th cent, ill, Este family, former owner. hou · 1608 · Romae : Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apostolicae · 131 pictures

Giambattista della Porta's nine-book Latin treatise on distillation, printed in Rome in 1608 by the Apostolic Chamber press with plates by Giacomo Lauro, addressed to scholars of alchemy and natural philosophy. The sampled pages are small woodcut initials cut in coarse black line, with letterforms built from acanthus leaves, hanging lamps and ribbon scrolls, offering designers a full set of display capitals plus repeatable leaf-and-pendant ornament.

Alchemy · Chemistry · Distillation

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