Martin Thrane Brünnich Professor der Naturgeschichte ... Mineralogie

Title Variants

Alternative: Mineralogie
Uniform: Mineralogie

By

Brünnich, M. Thr. (Morten Thrane), 1737-1827
Wallerius, Johan Gottschalk, 1709-1785
Georgi, Johann Gottlieb, 1738-1802
Logan, Johann Zacharias,

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