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The Royal Typographer and the Alchemist: Willem Silvius and John Dee

Introduction

Introduction
John Dee, Alchemy, and Print Culture
Stephen Clucas
Pages: 107-114
Published online: 07 Aug 2017
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The Hermetic Frontispiece: Contextualising John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad
Peter J. Forshaw
Pages: 115-139
Published online: 21 Aug 2017
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The Royal Typographer and the Alchemist: John Dee, Willem Silvius, and the Diagrammatic Alchemy of the Monas Hieroglyphica
Stephen Clucas
Pages: 140-156
Published online: 10 Aug 2017
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The Ideal of a Knowledge Society in Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica (1564) and Other Productions by Willem Silvius
Steven Vanden Broecke
Pages: 157-174
Published online: 06 Aug 2017
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Willem Silvius: “Typographical Parent” of John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica
Manuel Mertens
Pages: 175-189
Published online: 06 Aug 2017
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Reviews

Book Review
Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
John Henry
Pages: 190-191
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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Le fixe et le volatil. Chimie et alchimie, de Paracelse à Lavoisier
Rémi Franckowiak
Pages: 191-192
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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The Leibniz-Stahl Controversy
Anna Marie Roos
Pages: 192-193
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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Autonomous Nature: Problems of Prediction and Control from Ancient Times to the Scientific Revolution
Ximo Guillem-Llobat
Pages: 194-195
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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Julius Thomsen. A Life in Chemistry and Beyond
Vangelis Antzoulatos
Pages: 195-196
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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Healing with Water: English Spas and the Water Cure, 1840–1960
Ignacio Suay-Matallana
Pages: 196-197
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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Les identités multiples d'Emile Meyerson
Cristina Chimisso
Pages: 197-199
Published online: 18 Jul 2017
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Science in the Public Sphere: A History of Lay Knowledge and Expertise
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
Pages: 199-200
Published online: 07 Aug 2017
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Announcements

Announcement
2018 Morris Award: Call for Nominations
Page: 201
Published online: 29 Jun 2017
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Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry: E-mail Communications with Members
Page: 202
Published online: 18 Jun 2017
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