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DELLA PORTA, GIAMBATTISTA (1535-1615). MAGIAE NATURALIS LIBRI VIGINTI. Frankfurt: Heirs of Andreas Wechelus, 1597. 8vo. Printer’s device, woodcut initials, illustrated with woodcuts. Modern half calf with titles and compartments gilt, silk ribbon, marbled endpapers (rubbing to boards). Giambattista della Porta was an Italian polymath and scholar who was often referred to as the “professor of secrets.” Includes chapters on invisible ink, distillation processes, and the transmutation of metal. Klosterman bookplate.