Löhneysen´s Bericht vom Bergwerck 1660
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Beskrivning
LÖHNEYSEN, G(EORG) E(NGELHARD). Bericht vom Bergwerck, wie man dieselben bawen und in guten wolstande bringen sol, sampt allen dazu gehörigen arbeiten, ordnung und Rechtlichen processen beschrieben durch G. E. Löhneyss. No place or date (about 1660).
Folio (320x184 mm.). (22, including engraved title), 1-343 (eg. 363, irregular pagination), (1 blank) pp. Engraved title (laid down), 16 folding engraved plates (all, a few tears in the foldings, mostly in the margin, one plate mended in lower outer corner, some minor marginal staining).
Contemporary brown full calf, worn, somewhat faded richly gilt spine in seven compartments, damages at head and foot, red edges. Some mended worming in lower margin at the beginning, a few mended marginal tears. Some minor foxing, some marginal dampstaining. Bookplate of Karl Bittner.
VD17 39:125728Z, Lipperheide 1991, compare Ferguson II, pp. 42-43 (1690 ed.).
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 Sweidsk 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.
Auktionsnummer:
6249
Datum:
2016-06-21