Wilhelm Wessel
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Wilhelm Wessel was a German book publisher of the 17th century. Based in the town of Kassel
, he published the Hessian Arms Book as well as the controversial Fama Fraternitatis
.
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, he published the Hessian Arms Book as well as the controversial Fama Fraternitatis
Fama Fraternitatis
The Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis , or simply the Fama Fraternitatis, is an anonymous Rosicrucian manifesto published in 1614 in Kassel . It was translated into English in 1652 by Thomas Vaughan and published as an appendix of the 77th...
.