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Facsimile edition of work first published in abridged edition of 1558, and then in this full English edition in 1658. A miscellany of early scientific beliefs, observations, and experiments by della Porta and his little group of amateur…

Translation of: Euonymus : Conradi Gesneri ... De secretis liber secundus, the second part of Gesner's Thesaurus Euonymi Philiatri. First English ed. (1576) has title: The newe iewell of health.
Running title: The first[-fourth] booke of…

In three parts: pt. 2 has special t.p.
Wing G845.
Ferguson i.322.

Signatures: a-b⁸ A-3A⁸ 3B² (b8 blank)
Engraved t.p.
Bound in mottled brown calf

Title in red and black.
Head- and tailpieces; initials.
Each section has special half-title; pagination and register continuous.
Signatures: pi²)( -2)(² 3)(1 A-4N⁴ 4O-4R² 4S1 a-d² chi².

Imperfect: leaves 25-34 wanting.
Library holds 1620 volume and printed fragment removed from early binding.
Microfilmed for preservation.
Binding: vellum.

Signatures: A-2K4, 2L2 (last leaf (blank) wanting)
STC 15458
Translation by Thomas Newton of De habitu et constitutione corporis
Microfilmed for preservation
Binding: calf

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