ZÖLLNER Johann Friedrich, Briefe über Schlesien, Krakau, Wieliczka, und die Grafschaft Glatz auf einer Reise im Jahr 1791 geschrieben.

Briefe über Schlesien, Krakau, Wieliczka, und die Grafschaft Glatz auf einer Reise im Jahr 1791 geschrieben.

Theil 2 (of 2 vols.). Berlin 1793. bei Fr. Maurer. 8, pp. 426, VII, 2 typeset plates, 3 copperplate engravings (including 1 frontispiece, 2 typeset), period card binding.
(Estr. T. 9). Traces of non-moisture, stamp, title page cut, first volume missing, cardboard binding with scuffs. First and only edition. Description of Silesia, Cracow, Wieliczka and Klodzko County made during a trip in 1791. The author traveled in the company of Baron von Carmen, and the published descriptions were written in the form of letters to his wife (general, sightseeing descriptions here) and to Alexander Humboldt (statistics and details here). Includes detailed reports on Silesian mining, textile production (wool, flax), industry, trade, describes the University of Breslau, Krakow, admires architectural and natural monuments. Includes copperplate engravings: Kamieńczyk waterfall in Karkonosze (Der Zackenfall), Szklarska Poreba (Schreibershau) and mountain glacier near Szklarska Poreba (Dir grossen Schneegruben bei Schreibershau...). Johann Friedrich Zollner (b. 1753 in Debno - d. 1804 in Berlin) - theologian, rector of St. Nicholas Church in Berlin, member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences from 1791. Rare.