Optical magic in the late Renaissance : Giambattista Della Porta's De Refractione of 1593
Title:
Optical magic in the late Renaissance : Giambattista Della Porta's De Refractione of 1593
JLCTITLE245:
A. Mark Smith.
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Uniform Title:
De refractione optices parte
Publication Information:
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : American Philosophical Society Press, [2019]
Physical Description:
xc, 524 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
9781606180716
Abstract:
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Variant Title:
Portion of title: Giambattista Della Porta's De Refractione of 1593
Contents:
Introduction -- The making of De Refractione -- Giambattista Della Porta : a biographical sketch -- The genesis of De Refractione -- Della Porta's textual sources -- The making of this edition and translation -- The problem of sources -- The Latin edition and English translation -- Della Porta's optical analysis in De Refractione -- The physical account of refraction -- The workings of sight -- Visual illusion and visual dysfunction -- Rainbows and other meteorological appearances -- De Refractione in historical content -- Latin text -- English translation -- Biographical sketches -- Primary sources for the text.
Language:
Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. Introduction in English.