JF Ptak Science Books Post 1636
This is an image of a philosopher’s cabinet, engraving (on copper?) by “I. Friedlein fec”, who was actually Johnann Friedlein, an emigree from North Germany to Denmark, and who worked ca. 1680-1705. It shows the tools of the trade for someone working in natural philosophy (the name “scientist” would not come into use for another 150+ years or so) and is an interesting insight into a small, polite gentleman’s club for experiment and investigation. [The original may be purchased via our bolog bookstore, here.]
