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I TATTI STUDIES IN

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HISTORY

Sponsored by Villa I Tatti

Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

Florence, Italy

K. J. P. Lowe, Series Editor

Series Editorial Board

Melissa Meriam Bullard

James Hankins

Katharine Park

Lino Pertile

Dennis Romano

DAUGHTERS

OF ALCHEMY

Women and Scientific Culture

in Early Modern Italy

Meredith K. Ray

Harvard University Press

Cambridge, Massachusetts

London, England

2015

Printed in the United States of America

First printing

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ray, Meredith K., 1969–

Daughters of alchemy : women and scientific culture

in early modern Italy / Meredith K. Ray.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-674-50423-3 (alk. paper)

1. Women in science—Italy—History. 2. Women scientists—Italy—Biography.

3. Science—Italy—History. I. Title.

Q130.R37 2015

509.2'5220945—dc23

2014035683