UID:
almafu_9960118485702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 338 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-24579-1
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. History
Inhalt:
John Dee popularly remembered as an alchemist & spiritualist, was an enthusiastic scholar specialising in mathematics & astronomy, & collected manuscripts, early printed books & scientific instruments. Despite meeting Elizabeth I in person, he never progressed in the Church, & died in poverty. The four selections from his writings reissued here show Dee listing his books before a journey to Europe, & appealing to the Queen for help when, after a catastrophic burglary at his library & the destruction of his laboratory equipment, his pay also failed to arrive. J.O. Halliwell (1842) reproduces the full text of Dee's diaries with an index; James Crossley (1851) transcribes Dee's appeals to the Queen; Bailey's book (1880), of which only 20 copies were printed, contains a full commentary on the last five years of the diaries; & M.R. James (1920) researches the fate of Dee's books over the centuries.
Anmerkung:
"The private diary of Dr. John Dee, and the catalogue of his library of manuscripts, from the original manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge"--original title page.
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Also issued in print: 2014.
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Originally published: London: The Camden Society, 1842.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-05056-5
Sprache:
Englisch
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