Isaac Vossius and his circle : : his life until his farewell to Queen Christina of Sweden 1618-1655 / / F. F. Blok.
This book gives a detailed account of the most interesting period in the life of the Dutch humanist scholar Isaac Vossius (Leiden 1618 - Windsor 1689). It is largely based on Vossius's extensive correspondence, much of which has never been published before. In particular, Isaac's correspon...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Groningen : : Egbert Forsten,, [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE YOUTH AND YEARS OF STUDY IN LEIDEN AND AMSTERDAM 1618-1641
- I Gerardus Joannes Vossius and his family
- II Claude Saumaise
- III Isaac Vossius's friends
- IV Parting
- PART TWO PEREGRINATION APRIL 1641-OCTOBER 1644
- I England
- II France
- III Florence
- IV Naples, Rome and Florence
- V Padua, Venice, Milan and Dijon
- VI Back in Paris
- PART THREE AMSTERDAM OCTOBER 1644-DECEMBER 1648
- I Isaac Vossius as collector and editor
- II Isaac Vossius and the Blaeus
- III The arrival of Alexander Morus from Geneva
- IV Tour of the Southern Netherlands
- PART FOUR ISAAC VOSSIUS IN THE SERVICE OF QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN JANUARY 1649-SEPTEMBER 1655
- I Callings
- II Stockholm (March 1649-May 1650)
- III The imperfect courtier
- IV Descartes in Stockholm
- V Journey from Stockholm to Paris via Amsterdam (summer 1650)
- VI Driven from the first place
- VII Royal librarian
- VIII Amsterdam (February 1652-August 1653)
- IX The court at Stockholm during Vossius's absence
- X Stockholm (September 1653-June 1654)
- XI Settling scores
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INDEX OF NAMES.