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Into the Forger’s Library: The Genesis of De natura rerum in Publication History (2020)

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One of the most popular writings ascribed to Paracelsus, De natura rerum appeared in 1572. That was when the movement of forgery production reached its climax, in parallel with the multiple editions of his genuine work Archidoxis. This article aims to place the genesis of De natura rerum in the context of publication history. It will first reconstruct a “library” by surveying the works ascribed to Paracelsus which could serve as instruments for the “author/reworker/editor” of De natura rerum. Then it will examine the evolution of this forgery production by focusing on the divergent editions of Archidoxis from 1569 to 1572.

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Article Didier Kahn; Hiro Hirai (2020) Introduction Pseudo-Paracelsus: Forgery and Early Modern Alchemy, Medicine and Natural Philosophy. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (pp. 415-418). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kahn, Didier
Hirai, Hiro
Gantenbein, Urs Leo
Žemla, Martin
Bulang, Tobias
Yuming He
Journals
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Journal of Jesuit Studies
e-Perimetron: International Web Journal on Sciences and Technologies Affined to History of Cartography and Maps
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Nova Acta Paracelsica: Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Paracelsus-Gesellschaft
Publishers
Harvard University Asia Center
Brill
Concepts
Publishers and publishing
Forgeries
Alchemy
Natural philosophy
Medicine
Printing
People
Paracelsus, Theophrast von Hohenheim
Pseudo-Paracelsus
Mögling, Daniel
Geelkercken, Nicolaes van
Calvo, Fabio
Siebmacher, Johann
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
15th century
Early modern
Renaissance
19th century
Places
Utrecht (Netherlands)
Japan
Italy
China
Belgium
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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