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Frietsch, Ute: Das Manuskript "De technica microcosmi historia": Eine wiederentdeckte Druckvorlage zu Robert Fludds "Geschichte beider Welten" in der UB Frankfurt am Main, in Wagner, Berit and Gannon, Corinna (Eds.): Opus magnum: Matthäus Merian d.Ä. und die Bebilderung der Alchemie, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net-ART-Books, 2024, p. 141–160. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1311.c19537

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Ute Frietsch

Das Manuskript "De technica microcosmi historia"

Eine wiederentdeckte Druckvorlage zu Robert Fludds "Geschichte beider Welten" in der UB Frankfurt am Main

It has long been assumed that Robert Fludd himself drew drafts for the engravings and etchings in his encyclopaedia Utriusque cosmi historia. This article discusses a unique master copy of Fludd’s De technica microcosmi historia in the Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main that has been largely overlooked by research. It shows that Fludd implemented his visual ideas for the Utriusque cosmi historia through careful preparation of the print, providing further evidence of Fludd's artisanal involvement.