Wallerius´ Systema Mineralogicum 1772
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MINERALOGY. (2). WALLERIUS, JOHAN. GOTSCH. Systema mineralogicum, quo corpora mineralia in classes, ordines, genera et species, suis cum varietatibus divisa, describuntur, atque observationibus, experimentis et figuris aenis illustrantur... I-II. Holmiae (Laurentii Salvii) 1772 -75.
8:o. (12), (1)-432, (28), (12), (1)-640, (52, last blank) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 folding engraved plates
Contemporary brown mottled calf, worn and partly faded, richly gilt spines in six compartments, red edges. First edition. 2 volumes.
From the library of Carl Sahlin.
Carl Sahlin (1861-1943), industrialist, writer on the science of mining and metallurgy.
He started his collecting as early as 1897 as a student of mining. Later he became head of the Ironworks part of the Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB (1893-1900), and then manager at Laxå Bruk. President of the Swedish Iron and Steel Works´ Association 1904-1928, delegate of the Swedish Ironmasters´ Association. He wrote extensively about mining and foundry history (also numismatics) and founded Bergslagets library and museum. He was also one of the founders of the Technical museum in Stockholm, to which museum he also donated his vast collections on mining and related history, including part of his library in 1933.
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6250
Datum:
2015-12-15