"Description of the Refugee and Mining Town Johann Georgen Stadt"

Johann Christian Engelschall: Beschreibung Der Exulanten- und Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt : In vier Theilen vorstellende, I. Der Exulanten Zustand und wohin sie sich gewendet. II. Der Stadt Anbau, Wachsthum und darinnen vorgefallene Begebenheiten. III. Den dasigen Bergbau, dessen Ursprung, fündige Metallen und sämtliche Zechen. IV. Das eingepfarrte Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, wie auch die Obere- und Untere- Jugel. (Leipzig : Lanckisch und Kircheisen, 1723).

acquired in 2017

The volume contains one folding engraved view of the city and one folding engraved map of the city and its environs. Title printed in red & black. Small 4to, contemporary half-vellum & paste-paper boards (minor browning).

Fine copy. Stamp of the "I.F.H. Schlosser Bibl." (a private library) on verso of title. From the library of Carl Sahlin (1861-1943), industrialist and a writer on the science of mining and metallurgy. We reprint the description of the book by courtesy of the antiquarian bookseller Jonathan A. Hill (New York City), from whom the Iron Library acquired the volume.

The book in IRONCAT

To the printed book in the catalog of the Iron Library

The book in IRONCAT

To the digitized edition in the catalog of the Iron Library