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Alan Pritchard Guest
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Beck Sayre, Meridith <meribeck@indiana.edu> 8:49 PM (12 hours ago) to EXLIBRIS-L Dear Exlibris community, I am working on a bibliography of the alchemical works owned/read/cited by Isaac Newton. Many of the alchemical titles referenced by Newton were printed in the first half of the seventeenth century in Frankfurt; I am wondering if anyone is aware of scholarship on alchemical publishing in Frankfurt (or Germany, generally) during the early-modern period? Several of the texts, for example, were printed by Guilielmi Fitzeri in 1630. In addition to this narrow query, I am more generally trying to track down previous scholarship on the print culture of alchemy. I am aware of the usual suspects, such as Ambix and Harrison’s The Library of Isaac Newton, of course; however, I have yet to encounter work that specifically deals with the history of alchemical printing. So, any general references in this vein would be much appreciated. Thank you! Meridith Beck Sayre [Just passing this on] |
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Paul Ferguson Member 
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There's quite a good account of William Fitzer here: http://www.historyofscience.com/pdf/William%20Fitzer%20the%20publisher%20of%20Harveys%20De%20Motu%20Cordis%201628.pdf William Eamon might be worth contacting: http://williameamon.com/ Last edited on Thu Jan 15th, 2015 10:43 am by Paul Ferguson |
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Alan Pritchard Guest
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OK if I pass that on, Paul? |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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Alan Pritchard wrote:OK if I pass that on, Paul? Yes of course. |
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Mike Zuber Member
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I'm not sure if references to German scholarship would be tremendously helpful, but this one certainly came to mind: Kassell, Lauren, 'Secrets Revealed: Alchemical Books in Early-Modern England', History of Science 49 (2011), 61-87. Please feel free to pass it along. |
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Alan Pritchard Guest
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Thank you, Mike |
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