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Collectio mineralium | The Catalog of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold’s II Mineralogical Collection
Edited Book
Franza, A., Mattes, J. and Pratesi, G., editor (2023) Collectio mineralium | The Catalog of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold’s II Mineralogical Collection.. Firenze, Firenze University Press, 271 pp..
ISBN/ISSN: 9788860000000 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | RWHL*
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gems, minerals, mineral collecting, Rome, jade, Fischer-Book
This work is a critical edition of the catalog of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II’s mineralogical collection. The unpublished volume, preserved in the Historical Archives of the University of Firenze Museum System, dates back to 1765 and describes 242 mineralogical specimens, primarily from the Slovak-Hungarian mining district. The edition includes a transcription of the original German manuscript alongside its English translation, complemented by an organized system of notation. This system illustrates the complex history of the text, characterizes the mineralogical species, and identifies the geographical locations of the extraction sites. To date, this is the only published catalog of a mineralogical collection owned by a member of the Habsburg-Lorraine family.