
(CRONSTEDT, AXEL FREDRIC [1722-1765]). Manuscript (transcript?) comprehensive: I. Mineral history of Vestmanland and Dalarne in 1750. II Cronstedt's own continuation up to and including the year 1753. III. Eggert Lundström's continuation to the year 1767 (according to Carl Sahlin's inscription on the inside of the front cover). Undated, but after 1767.
Folio (approx. 350x215 mm.). Includes: I . 92 leaves and 1 page. II. 1 page and 23 leaves (last blank). III. 115 leaves (2 last blank). (The leaves with writing on both sides). + 29 hand-drawn fold-out maps in watercolor. Various formats (approx. 295x410 mm. / approx. 290x740 mm./ and some smaller 210x180 mm). Numbered 1-15, 17-21 + I-IX (occasional brown spots).
Near contemporary brown leather spine, slightly worn, defective ties, handwritten title label on front cover "Cronstedts Mineral-Historia-afskr-", spine title label "Cronstedt and Lundström Mineral-historia 1750-1767". With Carl Sahlin's ex-libris and notes on the inside of the front cover.
In 1781 was published in Nuremberg "Axel Friedrichs von Cronstedt ... Mineralgeschichte über das Westmanländische und Dalekarlische Erzgebirge auf Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen gegenertungen. Nach dessen Handschrift aus dem Schwedischen übersezt von JGGeorgi ... Zum Druck befördert von DJCDSchreber ...".
Probably a copy of another manuscript (perhaps the one that was used as a basis for the German edition). Haven't found any Swedish edition, neither by Cronstedt nor by Eggert Lundström's continuation. The German edition contains only 1 plate.
Provenance: Carl Sahlin (1861-1943), industrialist, mountain council and mountain historian.
He began his collecting already as a mining apprentice in 1897, later became deputy manager and head of the ironworks department at Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB 1893–1900, later mill manager at Laxå mill. S. was chairman of the Järnverksföreningen 1904–28, also a representative in the Jernkontoret. He published a number of writings on mining and mining history subjects (including numismatics) and laid the foundation for Bergslaget's library and museum. He was involved in the creation of the Technical Museum, and his mountain history collection and part of the library, half a century of collecting, were donated to the Technical Museum in 1933 and contain documents relating mainly to the Swedish iron and steel industry throughout the ages.
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(CRONSTEDT, AXEL FREDRIC [1722-1765]). Manuscript (transcript?) comprehensive: I. Mineral history of Vestmanland and Dalarne in 1750. II Cronstedt's own continuation up to and including the year 1753. III. Eggert Lundström's continuation to the year 1767 (according to Carl Sahlin's inscription on the inside of the front cover). Undated, but after 1767.
Folio (approx. 350x215 mm.). Includes: I . 92 leaves and 1 page. II. 1 page and 23 leaves (last blank). III. 115 leaves (2 last blank). (The leaves with writing on both sides). + 29 hand-drawn fold-out maps in watercolor. Various formats (approx. 295x410 mm. / approx. 290x740 mm./ and some smaller 210x180 mm). Numbered 1-15, 17-21 + I-IX (occasional brown spots).
Near contemporary brown leather spine, slightly worn, defective ties, handwritten title label on front cover "Cronstedts Mineral-Historia-afskr-", spine title label "Cronstedt and Lundström Mineral-historia 1750-1767". With Carl Sahlin's ex-libris and notes on the inside of the front cover.
In 1781 was published in Nuremberg "Axel Friedrichs von Cronstedt ... Mineralgeschichte über das Westmanländische und Dalekarlische Erzgebirge auf Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen gegenertungen. Nach dessen Handschrift aus dem Schwedischen übersezt von JGGeorgi ... Zum Druck befördert von DJCDSchreber ...".
Probably a copy of another manuscript (perhaps the one that was used as a basis for the German edition). Haven't found any Swedish edition, neither by Cronstedt nor by Eggert Lundström's continuation. The German edition contains only 1 plate.
Provenance: Carl Sahlin (1861-1943), industrialist, mountain council and mountain historian.
He began his collecting already as a mining apprentice in 1897, later became deputy manager and head of the ironworks department at Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB 1893–1900, later mill manager at Laxå mill. S. was chairman of the Järnverksföreningen 1904–28, also a representative in the Jernkontoret. He published a number of writings on mining and mining history subjects (including numismatics) and laid the foundation for Bergslaget's library and museum. He was involved in the creation of the Technical Museum, and his mountain history collection and part of the library, half a century of collecting, were donated to the Technical Museum in 1933 and contain documents relating mainly to the Swedish iron and steel industry throughout the ages.
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