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Giambattista della Porta
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Italian alchemist and dramatist (1535-1615)

Also known as: G. B. della Porta, Giovan Battista Della Porta, Giovanni Battista della Porta, Джамбаттиста делла Порта, جيامباتيستا ديلا بورتا, ジャンバッティスタ・デッラ・ポルタ

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Known works

  • Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani Magiae naturalis libri viginti
  • Natural magick
  • Ars reminiscendi
  • Natural Magick ... in twenty books
  • De aeris transmutationibus