Section 1: The Academy of the Lynx
A new phenomenon characterized science in the 17th century: the scientific society. One of the earliest and most important was the Academy of the Lynx (Accademia dei Lincei). Federigo Cesi, Duke of Aquasparta, founded the Lynx in 1603. Galileo soon became the best-known member. For the rest of his life, Cesi provided Galileo and other Lynx with crucial intellectual, financial, and moral support. The works of the Lynx spanned all fields of science, including the most important early natural history of America.
Giambattista della Porta, Phytognomonica (Naples, 1588)
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Giambattista della Porta, Natural Magick (London, 1658)
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Giambattista della Porta, De furtivis literarum notis (Naples, 1563)
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Lettere di Galileo Galilei al Principe Federigo Cesi (1629?)
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Giambattista della Porta, Della Fisonomia di Tutto il Corpo Humano (Rome, 1637)
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Francesco Stelluti and Federigo Cesi, Trattato del Legno Fossile Minerale (Rome, 1637)
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Giambattista della Porta, De aeris transmutationibus (Rome, 1610)
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