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De furtiuis literarum notis : vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII

Title: De furtiuis literarum notis : vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII / Ioan. Baptista Porta Neapolitano autore.
Author: Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.
Publication: Neapoli : Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum [i.e. London : John Wolfe], 1563 [i.e. 1591]

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGX 1591 87-126	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

Description

[20], 228 p. : ill.; 19 cm. (4to)

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Note

Originally issued by G.M. Scotus, Naples, 1563, with imprint on t.p. as above.
An alternate issue, with all but p. [1-4] (1st group) printed from the same setting of type, has imprint on t.p.: Londini : Apud Iohannem Wolphium, 1591, and a new dedication.
Signatures: dagger⁶ *⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E⁶ (cf. register, p. [9] (1st group)).
Illustrations: woodcuts, including 3 diagrams with volvelles. Vignette on t.p.: grotesque ornament; the true Naples 1563 ed. has arms of the kingdom of Naples.
Includes index.

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*KGX 1591 87-126

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Author

Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.

Title

De furtiuis literarum notis : vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII / Ioan. Baptista Porta Neapolitano autore.

Imprint

Neapoli : Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum [i.e. London : John Wolfe], 1563 [i.e. 1591]

Indexed In:

STC (2nd ed.) 20118a

BM STC Italian, 1465-1610, p. 536

Shulman, D. Cryptography, p. 4

Local Note

NYPL copy lacks one volvelle.

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De ziferis libri IIII.

De Fvrtivis Literarvm Notis.

Research Call Number

*KGX 1591 87-126