Die eröffnete königliche ober hungarische Kuppfer-Handlung Schmölnitz, so wohl nach ihren inner-als aüsserlichen harmoniren den wesentlichen Theilen und Stücken ... [etc.]

Contributor:

Erdődy, György, 1676-1758 (dedicatee)

Name:

Multz von Walda, Georg Ernst

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1743

Description:

Technical work on the mining of copper in Schmölnitz, at the time in Hungary, later Smolnik in Slovakia. Includes discussion of smelting, with details on specific chemicals and processes. Followed by excerpts from mining regulations. Dedicated to György (Georgio in manuscript) Erdődy, count of Monyorókerek (Monyorokerik in manuscript) and Monoszlo (p. 3-10).

Language:

German; Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by bookseller and mineral dealer Joseph A. Freilich (Bayville, N.Y.; bookplate, verso of front endpaper).; Sold at auction as part of the Freilich collection at Sotheby's, 10 Jan. 2001, lot 405, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.; Freilich, Joseph A., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs402.html

Subject:

Chemistry -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry; Copper mines and mining -- Early works to 1800; Copper mines and mining -- Law and legislation -- Holy Roman Empire; Copper mines and mining

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

323 leaves : paper; 205 x 162 (148 x 130) mm bound to 211 x 180 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Mining technician from Joachimsthal, a silver mining region in Bohemia, now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic.; Title for manuscript from title page of predominant work (p. 1).; Table of contents: 1. p.13-412: Die eröffnete königliche ober hungarische Kuppfer-Handlung Schmölnitz, so wohl nach ihren inner-als aüsserlichen harmoniren den wesentlichen Theilen und Stücken.; Table of contents: 2. p.419-634: Kurzer Ausszug der kaiserlichen und königlichen Maximilianischen Berg-Ordnung auch Cremnitz und Schemnitzer Erleütherungen.; Pagination: Paper, i + 323 + i; [i-ii], 1-19, [i-ii], 20-642; modern pagination in pencil, with numerous omissions, errors, and corrections, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 14-17 long lines.; Script: Written in a German cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Pen-and-wash foldout frontispiece showing the operations at Smolnik from the north, with a peak in the background labeled Spizen-Berg (p. ii).; Binding: Contemporary 18th-century calf, tooled with traces of gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, ties now lacking; patterned endpapers.; Origin: Written in Germany or a region formerly of Hungary, now of Slovakia, in 1743 (p. 1, 419).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; German, with dedications in Latin (p. 3-10).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 402

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)