The Italian Works

Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and mathematician. He is most famous for his cosmological theories—which proposed that the stars were distant suns surrounded by their own planets—and for his death at the stake as a heretic.

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Paul de Lagarde.

Paul de Lagarde (1827–1891) was a prominent German orientalist and professor at Göttingen, known for his work on biblical texts and his influential, though controversial, cultural critiques.

Göttingen

original: "Dieterichsche Universitätsbuchhandlung." This refers to a historic publishing house and bookstore closely associated with the University of Göttingen since the 18th century.