Scholar, courtier, magician the lost library of John Dee at the Royal College of Physicians
The extraordinary story of Tudor mathematician and mystic John Dee s library told by Royal College of Physicians rare books librarian Katie Birkwood. A short film to accompany the free exhibition Scholar, courtier, magician: the lost library of John Dee, 18 January 29 July 2016 at the Royal College of Physicians, Regent s Park, London. The exhibition features John Dee s mathematical, astronomical and alchemical text books, many elaborately annotated and illustrated by Dee s own hand. Now held in the
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