Of Poets, Prophets, and Printers

Abstract This article identifies the personalities and circumstances behind two previously unknown heterodox religious publishing projects of seventeenth century. The first was based in Leiden United Provinces, while second originated Dresden Electoral Saxony. project likely led by German jurist Johann Angelius Werdenhagen, who 1628 had Jacob Böhme’s Weg zu Christo Anna Ovena Hoyer’s Gespräch Eines Kindes mit seiner Mutter printed at presses Govert Basson. demonstrates Werdenhagen’s centrality early distribution theosophical doctrines Provinces. funded Rosine Vogtin, from 1642 commissioned office Gimel Bergen to print works Böhme Ludwig Friedrich Gifftheil.