LUDWIG, Christian Friedrich.
(1757 – 1823)
Son of Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, Christian Friedrich was professor extraordinary of medicine (1782) and from 1787, professor ordinary of natural history at the University of Leipzig.
Biographical references: DBA: I 787, 23-34; II 835, 413. Drugulin, Sechstausend Portraits, 1863: nos. 3448-50. Hamberger & Meusel, Gelehrte Teutschland, 1796-1834. Poggendorff: 1, col. 1513. Schrader, Biographisch Lexicon der Tierärtze, 1863. WBI.
1. German, 1803-4.
Handbuch | der | Mineralogie | nach | A.G. Werner. | Zu | Vorlesungen entworfen | von | Chrisitan Friedrich Ludwig | Professor in Leipzig. | [tapered rule] | Erster Theil. | Oryctognosie. | [tapered rule] | Mit einer Farbentabelle und vier Kupfertafeln. | [tapered rule] | Leipzig 1803 | bey Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius.
2 Theilen. [Theil 1: 1803] 8°: [Theil 2: 1804] 8°: [i]-xii, [1]-226 p., 4 tables.
Contents: [Theil 1]
[Theil 2] [i-ii], Title page, verso blank.; [iii]-xii, "Vorrede."-signed C.F. Ludwig, 9 April 1804.; [1]-198, Text.; 199-208, "Beylagen | zu der | Auswahl einer brauchbaren Litteratur | ..."; 209-218, "A.G. Werners | Mineral-System | vom Jahre 1803."; 219-226, "Register | über die | Gebirgsarten, Versteinerungen und neuern | Fossiliengattungen."; [At end], Tables.
Very rare. A work in two parts supporting Werner's theories of mineralogy, geology, and palaeontology. The first part deals with `Oryktognosie' or the determinative mineralogy. It is supported with a colored table and four copper plates. The second part deals with petrology and petrifications and contains four tables.
Bibliographical references: Dana's 7th (Bibliography): 76. LKG: XII 163. Ward & Carozzi, Geology Emerging, 1984: no. 1405.
2. Latin, 1790.
Delectus opuscul. ad histor. natur. spectant. V. 1. Leipzig, 1790.
8°: Very scarce.
Bibliographical references: LKG: VI 99.
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