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Alan Pritchard
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2015 09:52 am |
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Beck Sayre, Meridith <meribeck@indiana.edu>
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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
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Paul Ferguson
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2015 09:57 am |
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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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Posted: Sat Jan 17th, 2015 04:26 pm |
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| OK if I pass that on, Paul?
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Paul Ferguson
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Posted: Sat Jan 17th, 2015 04:28 pm |
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Alan Pritchard wrote:
OK if I pass that on, Paul?
Yes of course.
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Mike Zuber
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Posted: Fri Jan 23rd, 2015 06:22 pm |
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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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Posted: Fri Jan 23rd, 2015 07:39 pm |
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| Thank you, Mike
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