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12 ноября 2018 г., 19:51
An expanded version of the Magia naturalis, in 20 books, recorded many of the experiments of the Otiosi and, as popular as the original, was translated and was reprinted no fewer than 27 times. Called the “most delightful and browsable of scientific books,” it includes such oddities as ways of making merry by turning women’s faces red, green, or pimply, and by using a juggler’s prank of burning hare’s fat to cause women to cast off all their clothes. (Not all of Porta’s tricks worked.)
