Henry Oldenburg (and the Philosophical Transactions) [ Science ]
… years of the publication of the Philosophical Transactions were not particularly easy. Oldenburg’s relationship with the printers or ‘ stationers ‘ as they were known, were riven with difficulties. 8 Publication was interrupted by plague in … edition, to those who did not master that language. Before he could do this, however, two other Latin translations were printed, without his authorization, though at least one of the translators had been in contact with him. However, he was … that he disowned them, and the proposed Latin edition never came about. 10 8 . See David A. Kronick, ‘Notes on the Printing History of the early Philosophical Transactions’, Libraries and Culture (25:2, 1990), p. 243-268. 9 . See …
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