De furtiuis literarum notis, vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII / Ioan. Baptista Porta, Neapolitano autore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.

Contributor:

Mendelsohn, Charles J. (Charles Jastrow), 1880-1939

Cryptology Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

De furtivis literarum notis

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Ciphers--Early works to 1800.

Ciphers.

Cryptography--Early works to 1800.

Cryptography.

Signs and symbols--Early works to 1800.

Signs and symbols.

Penn Provenance:

Mendelsohn, Charles J. (Charles Jastrow), 1880-1939 (autograph) (donor)

Mendelsohn, Esther Jastrow (donor)

Physical Description:

20 unnumbered pages, 228 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 22 cm (4to)

Other Title:

De ziferis libri IIII

Place of Publication:

Neapoli : Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum, 1563.

Notes:

Signatures: [dagger]⁶ *⁴ A-2D⁴ E⁶.

Volvelles on K1, K4, L2.

Errata on verso of leaf *4.

Leaf O3 printed in red and black.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

One leaf laid in containing notes written by Charles J. Mendelsohn about p. 179-180.

Imperfect: the original wheels for the volvelles on leaves K4 and L2 are wanting and replaced with photostats.

The name of a previous owner on t.p. has been blotted out and covered with blank strips of paper.

Cited in:

Shulman, D. Annotated bibl. of cryptography, I, p. 4

Galland, J.S. Historical and analytical bibl. of the lit. of cryptology, 146

Adams P1924

OCLC:

34576985