PORTA, Giovanni Battista della. Phytognomonica ... octo libris contenta; in quibus nova, facillimaque affertur methodus, qua plantarum, animalium, metallorum, Frankfurt: Johann Wechel & Peter Fischer, 1591, small 8°, title in red and black with printer's device, woodcut portrait to verso, woodcut illustrations (margins cropped, affecting heading or last letter of some leaves, but sense recoverable, verso of final leaf to index soiled), 17th-century red morocco, gilt-tooled border with floral designs and centrepiece bearing "IHS" to front and "M" to rear cover (restored). [Adams P1939]