Title
Martin Thrane Brünnich Professor der Naturgeschichte ... Mineralogie
Title Variants
Alternative:
Mineralogie
Uniform: Mineralogie
By
Brünnich, M. Thr. (Morten Thrane), 1737-1827
, author
Wallerius, Johan Gottschalk, 1709-1785
, Systema mineralogicum
Georgi, Johann Gottlieb, 1738-1802
, translator
Logan, Johann Zacharias,
, publisher
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
St. Petersburg und, Bey Johann Zacharias Logan, 1781
Notes
Translated by Johann Gottlieb Georgi, who signed the "Vorrede des Uebersetzers" on page [12] (1st group).
The descriptions of minerals make frequent reference to Wallerius's Systema mineralogicum (1772-1775).
Engraved vignette on title page, with the publisher's entwined initials, JZL.
Brünnich's mineral collection was acquired first by the Kongsberg Mining Academy (Bergseminarium); afterwards about a third of the specimens were purchased by the Kongelige Frederiks universitet (later known as the Universitetet i Oslo). --W.E. Wilson, The history of mineral collecting 1530-1799, page 163.
Head- and tail-pieces.
Signatures: pi⁸ 2*² A-X⁸ Y⁶.
Schuh, C.P. Mineralogy & crystallography, | 1092
Subjects
(Morten Thrane),
,
1737-1827
,
Brünnich, M. Thr
,
Catalogs
,
Early works
,
Early works to 1800
,
Mineralogy
,
Natural history collections
BHL Collections
Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
Call Number
QE362 .B7815 1781
Language
German
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.140055
OCLC:
23137776
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51413687
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