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

Abstract:

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).

Creator:

Multz von Walda, Georg Ernst.

Date:

1743

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9951830153503681; (OCoLC)ocn759119377; (OCoLC)759119377; (PU)5183015-penndb-Voyager

Language:

German; Latin

Provenance:

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

Publisher:

[Germany or Slovakia], 1743.

Relation:

Kurzer Ausszug der kaiserlichen und königlichen Maximilianischen Berg-Ordnung auch Cremnitz und Schemnitzer Erleütherungen.; 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.; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.; Copper mines and mining -- Early works to 1800.; Copper mines and mining -- Law and legislation -- Holy Roman Empire.; Copper mines and mining.; Codices.; Manuscripts, German.; Manuscripts, European.; Manuscripts, Latin.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Personal Name:

Freilich, Joseph A., former owner.; Erdődy, György, 1676-1758, dedicatee.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Binding: Contemporary 18th-century calf, tooled with traces of gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, ties now lacking; patterned endpapers.; 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).; Title for manuscript from title page of predominant work (p. 1).; Script: Written in a German cursive script by a single hand.; Layout: Written in 14-17 long lines.; 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.; Origin: Written in Germany or a region formerly of Hungary, now of Slovakia, in 1743 (p. 1, 419).; German, with dedications in Latin (p. 3-10).

Physical Location:

LJS 402

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)