Pseudo-Paracelsus: Forgery and Early Modern Alchemy, Medicine and Natural Philosophy

by Hiro Hirai, CNRS, and Hiro Hirai, et al.

The production of forgeries under the name of the Swiss physician Paracelsus (1493/94-1541) was an integral part of the diffusion of the Paracelsian movement in early modern Europe. Many of these texts were widely read and extremely influential. The inability of most readers of the time to distinguish the genuine from the fake amid the flood of publications contributed much to the emergence of Paracelsus' legendary image as the patron of alchemy and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004503374
• ISBN13: 9789004503373
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"