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Eger, Leopold (fl. 1873 -1919 )

Dr. Leopold Eger's mineral dealership, variously called "Mineralien-Naturalien und Münz-Comptoir" ("Münz" referring to rare coins), "Naturalien- u. Lehrmittel Comptoir," "Dr. L. Eger's Mineralien-Comptoir," and simply "Dr. L. Eger," operated in Vienna, Austria from the following addresses (based on a study of dated labels by Fitz) :

(1873) Giselastr. 1
(1888) Breitegasse 9
(1890) Maysedergasse 3
(1893-1898) Maximilianstr. 11
(1899) Buchfeldgasse 4
(1903) Krugerstr. 8
(1910-1912) Breitegasse 9 [sic]
(1919) Theobaldgasse 5
(? date:) Lothringerstrasse 5
(? date:) Mariahilfer Hauptstrasse 18
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WILSON, Wendell E. 2022
Mineralogical Record
Biographical Archive, at www.mineralogicalrecord.com

38 x 60 mm,
No address. Handwritten on the back: “Sadebeck Samling,” probably referring to the crystallographer Alexander Sadebeck (1843-1879),and dated 1882–three years after his death, probably when his collection was sold. So this label can date to no later than 1879.