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Io. Baptistae Portae neapolitani De hvmana physiognomonia libri IIII

by Giambattista della Porta

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  • 16th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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Engraved t.p. with port. of author. On A3v is port. of Cardinal Luigi d'Este (1538-1586), to whom the work is dedicated. Numerous engraved ill., many of them juxtaposing human facial types with the faces of animals (repeats). Head- and tail-pieces made up from printer's ornaments, historiated initials Binding: limp vellum. Title written at head of spine. Remains of 2 pairs of ties at foredge At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown is Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed in the plate by P.S

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata.

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1586-01-01T00:00:00ZVici Aequensis [Naples] : Apud Iosephum CacchiumLatin—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
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