Natural Magick
By Giambattista della Porta
Revised and Edited by Paul Summers Young
Cover design by Andrei Bouzikov
Illustrations revised by Lea Pieper
Our edition of Della Porta's Natural Magick is based on the 1658 London edition, which in turn was a translation of the expanded Latin edition of 1589 in twenty books. It includes the suppressed chapter Lamiarum Unguenta / The Witches' Ointment in both English and the original Latin.
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By Giambattista della Porta
Revised and Edited by Paul Summers Young
Cover design by Andrei Bouzikov
Illustrations revised by Lea Pieper
Our edition of Della Porta's Natural Magick is based on the 1658 London edition, which in turn was a translation of the expanded Latin edition of 1589 in twenty books. It includes the suppressed chapter Lamiarum Unguenta / The Witches' Ointment in both English and the original Latin.
[read more below]
By Giambattista della Porta
Revised and Edited by Paul Summers Young
Cover design by Andrei Bouzikov
Illustrations revised by Lea Pieper
Our edition of Della Porta's Natural Magick is based on the 1658 London edition, which in turn was a translation of the expanded Latin edition of 1589 in twenty books. It includes the suppressed chapter Lamiarum Unguenta / The Witches' Ointment in both English and the original Latin.
[read more below]
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Black Letter Press
[Thick/Big Book], Hardcover bound in moss-green Geltex, Artwork printed in dark green hot foil on the cover and spine, Printed on wood free and age resistant 90 g cream paper, Sewn book block, Green ribbon marker and headbands, Approx 600 Pages, Measures 176 x 246 mm.
3rd Edition
About the Publisher
Black Letter Press is a small independent publisher located close to Hannover in Northern Germany, founded by Alice and Claudio Rocchetti in 2018 in Turin, with the publication of Giambattista della Porta's Natural Magick.
BLP specializes in the revival of rare and antique books on a broad range of topics, including the sciences and history of science, poetry, occult philosophy, art, curious and unusual literature, and more.
Our mission is to do these historical texts justice, publishing books that are fine and beautiful, yet remaining affordable and accessible.
Description
Paul Summers Young has newly transcribed and edited the 1658 text, whose eccentricities make for a notoriously laborious read. Spelling and punctuation have been modernised while retaining the Early Modern character of the original; its flavour as a mid-seventeenth century text has been preserved. Rational paragraphing makes it much easier to follow the author's line of thought, making difficult passages a much more enjoyable experience. This is greatly assisted by a new layout and typesetting.
This edition includes the original twenty-page table of contents, A Table containing the General Heads of Natural Magick, and an introduction by Paul Summers Young on the significance of the text, and what a close examination might reveal about its origins.
