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SCHULTZ, Ernst Christoph.

(1740 – 1810)

(Born: Königsberg, Germany, 1740; Died: Hamburg, Germany, 31 May 1810) German.

Biographical references: Poggendorff: 2, cols. 860-1. Wahl, Naturforschung im alten Hamburg, 1928: 55-56.

1. German, 1770.
Beschreibung verschiedener Seltenheiten der Natur der Kunst und des Alterhums, welche in dem Moversschen Cabinet zu Hamburg einige Aufmerksamkeit und Betrachtung verdienen, in zween Theilien verfertiget und herausgegeben von einem Freunde der Natur-Historie. Hamburg, Leuckart, 1770.

8°: 214 p., one engraved plate

Very scarce. Description of the Moversschen Cabinet of natural history objects housed in Hamburg, including mineral specimens. An interesting feature of the work is the additional list of 76 other private natural history cabinets that then existed in Hamburg.

Bibliographical references: BL. NUC [no copy listed]. Wahl, Naturforschung im alten Hamburg, 1928: 55-56 & 76-78.

2. German, 1779.
Beschreibung | eines | besondern Welt=Auges, | welches in dem Cabinette | eines Natur=Freundes zu Hamburg | befindlich. | [rule] | An Herrn | Ignaz Edlen von Born, | [...2 lines of titles and memberships...] | [ornament] | [rule] | Mit einer ausgemahlten Kupfertafel. | [ornate rule] | Hamburg. | Bey Johann Philipp Christian Reuß.

4°: [1]-27, [1] p., one hand-colored plate.

Very rare. Although not stated on the title page, this catalog is the work of Schultz and it was published in 1779/80.

Bibliographical references: BL [729.g.24.(1.)]. LKG: XVI 365.

3. German, 1780.
Vom | Regenbogen=Achat, | den | der Verfasser dieses Briefes | zuerst | an die Pariser Academie | in | einer ihrer ordentlichen Versammlungen | des Jahres 1777, | persönlich bekannt gemacht hat. | [rule] | An Herrn | Carl Eugenius Pabst von Oheim, | [...2 lines of titles and memberships...] | [ornament] | [rule] | Mit einer ausgemahlten Kupfer=Tafel. | [ornate rule] | Hamburg. | Bey Johann Philipp Christian Reuß.

4°: 23 p., one hand-colored plate.

Very rare. Published anonymously. This treatise on rainbow agate contained in C.E. Pabst von Ohaim's mineral cabinet, was according to the title page authored by the same person as Beschreibung eines besoundern Weltauges (Hamburg, 1780). This author was known to be Schultz.

Karl Eugen Pabst von Ohain. (Born: Freiberg, Germany, 8 April 1718; Died: Freiberg, Germany, 25 July 1784) German mining expert. Pabst von Ohain was director of the Freiberg Bergakademie from its founding in 1769 until his death. In his lifetime he was considered among the most knowledgeable mineralogists in Saxony, having built a collection of over 7,500 specimens. After his death, it was reorganized by Werner, and sold to the government of Portugal, which shipped it to the University of Rio de Janeiro to be used in teaching mineralogy and geology. Pabst von Ohain was a member of the Leipzig and St. Petersburg Academies.

Bibliographical references: BL [729.g.24.(5.)]. Freilich Sale Catalog: no. 486. LKG: XVI 184. Sinkankas, Gemology Bibliography, 1993: no. 5892 [not seen]. (Pabst von Ohain) Fischer, Sachsisches Oberbergamt Freiberg, 1943 [see page 153]. Schiffner, C., Alte Hutten und Hammer in Sachsen. Bearbeitet von Werner Grabner. Berlin. Akademie-Verlag, [1959]. [1]-313 p., illus., maps, portrait. [Published as: Freiberger Forschungshefte. D, Kultur und Technik, no. 14. On the history of foundries in Saxony.]: 3, ??. Wilson, History of Mineral Collecting, 1994: 95-6 & 186.

4. German, 1818 [Sale catalog].
Verzeichniss | einer | Mineralien-Sammlung, | welche | Sowohl aus rohen als angeschliffenen | und brillenitirten Stücken bestehet. | [tapered rule] | Mit Sachkenntniss gesammlet | von dem verstrobenen | Doctor Ernst Christoph Schultz. | [tapered rule] | Hamburg 1818. | Gedruckt bei Andreas Peter Wichers.

8°: [1]-139 p.

Very rare. Apparently an auction or sale catalog of Schultz' collection after his death.

Bibliographical references: BL [B.383.(6.)]. Freiesleben, Sächsische Mineralien-Verzeichnisse, 1828: no. 73. NUC [no copy listed]. Wilson, History of Mineral Collecting, 1994: 228.

5. German, 1820.
Verzeichnis der Naturalien- und Kunstsachsen des verstorben Herrn Doctor Ernst Christoph Schultz, welche den 25. September 1820 und folgenden Tage in dem Hause hohe Bleichen No. 298 durch den Auctionarius Berndes öffentlichen versteigert werden sollen. Hamburg, 1820.

8°. 106 p.

Very scarce. Auction catalog of Ernst Christoph Schultz's collections, including minerals that occurred on the 25 September 1820.

Bibliographical references: BL. Wahl, Naturforschung im alten Hamburg, 1928: 79, no. 449.

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