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What He May Seem to the World: Isaac Newton's Autograph Book Epigrams (2020)

Gömöri, George (Author)
Snobelen, Stephen David (Author)

Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Volume: 74
Issue: 3
Pages: 409-452

DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2020.0006

URI: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2020.0006

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Republic of Letters Books Friendship Autograph books (alba amicorum) Social networks 18th century 17th century Newton, Isaac

This paper identifies, describes and analyses Isaac Newton's known inscriptions in alba amicorum (autograph books). It begins with an introduction to the early modern autograph book and its social utility for travelling students. Each Newton inscription is contextualized with brief biographies of the individual album owners. The potential reasons for Newton's use of his chosen epigrams are considered, as are possible reflexive dynamics between him and the album owners that may have helped to inform these choices. An allied consideration is the degree to which Newton's epigrams relate to scholarly projects with which he was engaged when he penned them. A special feature is the identification of the owner of an album from which a Newton inscription was stolen more than half a century ago. This study offers a glimpse of Newton's intellectual reputation across several decades, both on the Continent and in his native England. More broadly, this paper makes contributions to our understanding of Newton's personal life and the strategic use of alba amicorum in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries within the Republic of Letters.

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