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Duveen CollectionHeinrich Khunrath's Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae [Hamburg: s.n., 1595] is one of the highlights of the Duveen Collection in the Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. This collection, containing more than 3000 separate works and spanning some 475 years, resulted from the ambitious book collecting of Denis I. Duveen (1910-[1996?]), chemist and chemicals manufacturer.Purchased by the University of Wisconsin-Madison nearly a half-century ago, the Duveen Collection is noted for its depth and balance; and Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica: An annotated catalogue of printed books on alchemy, chemistry, and cognate subjects in the library of Denis I. Duveen (London, 1949) remains a touchstone for scholars (and collectors) of European chemistry before 1900. For more information on Duveen, see Roger Hahn, "Denis I. Duveen," Isis, 87:3 (1996), 501-502, and the works cited there. The Duveen Collection is just one among notable history of science collections in the Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Madison Libraries | Special Collections | Exhibits Department of Special Collections main desk: 608/262-3243 |