Book ID: CBB000774266

Books of Secrets: Natural Philosophy in England, 1550--1600 (2007)

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Kavey, Allison B. (Author)


University of Illinois Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: x + 197 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Explores the rise of print culture in relation to the popularity of books about the natural world dealing with alchemy, necromancy, and other such works; a study of the production of the texts and readers reactions to them.


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Review Rampling, Jennifer (2008) Review of "Books of Secrets: Natural Philosophy in England, 1550--1600". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 300). unapi

Review Greenberg, Stephen J. (2009) Review of "Books of Secrets: Natural Philosophy in England, 1550--1600". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (p. 131). unapi

Review Chamberland, Celeste (2008) Review of "Books of Secrets: Natural Philosophy in England, 1550--1600". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 826). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Apple, Rima D.
Barone, Robert W.
Downey, Gregory John
Egmond, Marco Van
Gantenbein, Urs Leo
Gentilcore, David
Journals
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
History of European Ideas
Archives of Natural History
Book History
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Journal of Modern Literature
Publishers
Brill
Carocci Editore
Edwin Mellen Press
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University Press
Marsilio
Concepts
Books
Publishers and publishing
Natural philosophy
Printing industry
Reading
Alchemy
People
Dee, John
Bacon, Francis, 1st Baron Verulam
Bodin, Jean
Browne, Thomas
Columbus, Christopher
Fludd, Robert
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Early modern
19th century
18th century
Renaissance
Places
England
Great Britain
Venice (Italy)
France
Italy
United States
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