TY - BOOK ID - 85471612 TI - John Dee's diary, catalogue of manuscripts and selected letters AU - Dee, John AU - Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. AU - Crossley, James AU - Bailey, John Eglington AU - James, M. R. PY - 2014 SN - 1139245791 1108050565 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Dee, John, KW - Library KW - I. D. KW - J. D. KW - Dee, Johannes, KW - Dee, KW - D., I., KW - D., J., UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85471612 AB - John Dee popularly remembered as an alchemist & spiritualist, was an enthusiastic scholar specialising in mathematics & astronomy, & collected manuscripts, early printed books & scientific instruments. Despite meeting Elizabeth I in person, he never progressed in the Church, & died in poverty. The four selections from his writings reissued here show Dee listing his books before a journey to Europe, & appealing to the Queen for help when, after a catastrophic burglary at his library & the destruction of his laboratory equipment, his pay also failed to arrive. J.O. Halliwell (1842) reproduces the full text of Dee's diaries with an index; James Crossley (1851) transcribes Dee's appeals to the Queen; Bailey's book (1880), of which only 20 copies were printed, contains a full commentary on the last five years of the diaries; & M.R. James (1920) researches the fate of Dee's books over the centuries. ER -