The crystal gazers : a drama of Old Prague, 1936 / by Derrick Norman Lehmer.

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The crystal gazers : a drama of Old Prague, 1936 / by Derrick Norman Lehmer.

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Typescript of unpublished four-act stage play of a dramatized encounter based on actual persons and events in 16th century Europe. Set in Old Prague, Czechoslovakia [i.e. Staré Město] in circa 1588, the play centers around Dr. John Dee, the pre-eminent metaphysian of his time, and his close acquaintance Edward Kelley, a well-known English psychic, who have been summoned to the court of Emperor Rudolph of Bohemia.

87 p.

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Lehmer, Derrick Norman.

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Professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, Derrick Norman Lehmer was also an accomplished writer of poems and sonnets, and composer of numerous songs, many based on American Indian lore, and two operas. From the description of Derrick Norman Lehmer musical compositions, 1926-1937. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 38295444 Derrick Norman Lehmer (July 27, 1867-September 8, 1938) was an American mathematician and nu...

Dee, John, 1527-1608

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English mathematician and astrologer. From the description of Letter in Latin signed : Mortlake, to Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, 1577 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537537 ...

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612

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Rudolph II, Emperor of Germany; ruled 1576-1612. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Prague, to Ernest, deputy in Bohemia, 1609 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619248 From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Vienna, to Don Juan de Zuniga, 1577 Sept. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619239 From the description of Autograph signature to illuminated document : Prague, 1588 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2706192...

Kelly, Edward, 1555-1595?

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Epithet: Alchemist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0002b2 ...