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Optical magic in the late Renaissance : Giambattista Della Porta's De Refractione of 1593 /

"This volume includes the original Latin text of Della Porta's "De Refractione" with English translation. Della Porta's volume explored optics at the time of the late Renaissance."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615 (Author)
Other Authors: Smith, Mark, 1960 May 10- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Language Notes:Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. Introduction in English.
Published: Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] : American Philosophical Society Press, [2019]
Series:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 107, pt. 1.
Subjects:
Porta, Giambattista della, > approximately 1535-1615. > De refractione optices parte.
Optics > Early works to 1800.
Refraction > Early works to 1800.
Vision > Early works to 1800.
Light > Early works to 1800.
Light.
Optics.
Refraction.
Vision.
Early works.
Description
Summary:"This volume includes the original Latin text of Della Porta's "De Refractione" with English translation. Della Porta's volume explored optics at the time of the late Renaissance."--
Physical Description:xc, 524 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-504) and indexes.
ISBN:1606180711
9781606180716