[throwup238]

Sadly I'm just an amateur armchair historian (at best) so I doubt I'd be of much help. I'm mostly only doing the translation for my own edification

[cco]

You may be surprised (or not?) at how many important scientific and historical works are done by armchair practitioners.

[throwout4110]

No problem at all, if you have some databases or catalogs I’d be interested in learning more