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Lot 167
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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SCHULZE, Christian Friedrich (1730-1775). Kurtze Betrachtung derer versteinerten Hölzer, worinnen diese natürlichen Cörper sowohl nach ihrem Ursprunge, als auch nach ihrem eigenthümlichen Unterschiede und übrigen Eigenschafften in Erwegung gezogen werden. Leipzig: Friedrich Hekel, 1754.
Small 4to (220 x 170 mm). One folding engraved plate. (Some minor browning.) Original plain blue wrappers (a few repairs, minor soiling). Provenance: Hoefer (early signature on title-page).
FIRST EDITION, later summarized in Hamburgisches Magazin in 1755 (pp.354-359), of Schulze's early work on petrified wood. Schulze studied at Leipzig and was a member of the Leipziger Ökonomische Sozietät. He gave the name "Pechstein" (in English, Pitchstone) to the dull black glassy volcanic rock he found near Meissen. RARE: we trace no copies of Schulze's early work at auction in the last 50 years. Wellcome V p.65.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum