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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
- Londoni : Apud Iohannem Wolphium, 1591.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Restricted use | *KGX 1591 87-127 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- [20], 228 p. : ill.; 20 cm. (4to)
- Alternative Title
- De ziferis libri IIII.
- De Fvrtivis Literarvm Notis.
- Subject
- Note
- Dedication to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, signed: Iacobus Casteluitrius.
- Originally issued: Neapoli : Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum, 1563.
- An alternate issue, with all but p. [1-4] (1st group) printed from the same setting of type, has false imprint on t.p. as in the true Naples 1563 issue and original dedication to J. Sotus.
- Signatures: dagger⁶ (± dagger1,2) *⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E⁶ (cf. register, p. [9] (1st group)).
- Illustrations: woodcuts, including 3 diagrams with volvelles. Vignette on t.p.: grotesque ornament, as in alternate issue.
- Includes index.
- Indexed In (note)
- STC (2nd ed.)
- Shulman, D. Cryptography
- Call Number
- *KGX 1591 87-127
- OCLC
- 34576988
- NYPG87-B95413
- Author
- Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.
- Title
- De furtiuis literarum notis : vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII / Ioan. Baptista Porta Neapolitano autore.
- Imprint
- Londoni : Apud Iohannem Wolphium, 1591.
- Indexed In:
- STC (2nd ed.) 20118Shulman, D. Cryptography, p. 4
- Local Note
- NYPL copy has plate with the three volvelles bound facing p. 73.
- Connect to:
- Added Title
- De ziferis libri IIII.De Fvrtivis Literarvm Notis.
- Research Call Number
- *KGX 1591 87-127