The 16th century. (The History of Mineral Collecting: 1530-1799)

The Mineralogical Record | November 1, 1994| | Copyright

Mineral collecting began in the 16th century, in a form strikingly mature and similar in concept to modern collecting. That is, collectors such as Georgius Agricola, Johannes Mathesius, Johannes Kentmann and Bernard Palissy began as specialists in mineralogy and not as general natural history collectors. Most of their successors for at least the next two centuries tended to collect botanical and zoological samples as well, rather than specializing so intensely in mineral products alone.

Collections of the nobility (e.g. Rudolf II in Prague, Ferdinand of Tyrol, and the ...

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