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Natural magick

Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615 · 1658 · London : Printed for Thomas Young, and Samuel Speed, and are to be sold at the three Pigeons, and at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard · 8 pictures

Natural Magick is the 1658 London English translation of Giambattista della Porta's Magia naturalis, a compendium of household recipes, metallurgy, optics, distilling and other experiments printed for Thomas Young and Samuel Speed and sold to curious general readers. The woodcuts are small letter-keyed diagrams set into the text: sectioned ovoids, bell-shaped vessels on cylinders, hatched rock and crystal forms, and conical shapes hung with ruled lines, useful as sparse line figures and alphabetical labelling.

Science -- Early works to 1800 · Magic · Alchemy · Industrial arts -- Early works to 1800

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