The quarrel over Swammerdam's posthumous works

• Verfasst von: Strazzoni, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The quarrel over Swammerdam's posthumous works
• Verf.angabe: by Andrea Strazzoni
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: LX, 264 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 25 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; volume 341
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; volume 26
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-256) and indexes
• Schrift/Sprache: Introductory chapters and commentary in English; correspondence in Dutch, Latin, and French
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11424-1
• Schlagwörter: (t)Swammerdam, Jan / Bybel der natuure
• Schlagwörter: (p)Swammerdam, Jan / (p)Thévenot, Melchésedec / (p)Volder, Burcherus de / (s)Entomologie
• Sprache: eng dut fre
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Strazzoni, Andrea: Quarrel over Swammerdam's posthumous works. - Leiden : Brill, [2023] |(DLC)2023029747
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Strazzoni, Andrea: The quarrel over Swammerdam's posthumous works. - Leiden : Brill, 2023. - 1 Online-Ressource (LX, 264 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1852990643

Abstract

"The Quarrel over Swammerdam's Posthumous Works reconstructs the vicissitudes of Johannes Swammerdam's Biblia naturae, a pivotal collection of writings in the history of science. Bequeathed to the polymath Melchisédech Thévenot, the manuscripts and drawings of the treatises constituting this collection were instead kept by the editor Hermann Wingendorp after Swammerdam's death (1680), triggering a quarrel over their publication. By analysing Swammerdam's scientific legacy and by offering an edition of the correspondence testifying to the efforts towards such publication, this book sheds light on the editorial history and intellectual context of Swammerdam's Biblia. This reveals not only an intricate plot of authorized and unauthorized attempts to publish it, but also an exchange of scientific texts and instruments in the late seventeenth century"--