Works
- Natural Magic 1558 expanded to 20 books 1589. English translation 1658. Available online at
- De furtivis Literarum Notis (1563) On secret codes and Cryptography
- Villa (1583–92) An agricultural encyclopaedia
- De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586) On Physiognomy
- De refractione optices (1589) On Optics
- Elementorum curvilineorum libri duo (1601)
- Coelestis Physiogranonia (1603) pub. Naples
- De aeris transmutanionbus (1609) On Meteorology
- De distillatione (1610) Della Porta's chemical experiments and observations.
- De Miracoli & Maravigliosi Effetti dalla Natura prodotti (1665) pub. Venice
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