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LEHMANN, Christian (1611-1688). Historischer Schauplatz derer natürlichen Merckwürdigkeiten in dem Meißnischen Ober-Ertzgebirge. Leipzig: Friedrich Lankisch der Ju¨ngere Erben & Immanuel Tietze, 1699. First edition of this rare work on the Erzgebirge region of Germany, along the border of Saxony and Bohemia. Through much of his life, Christian Lehmann, a pastor and important witness to the Thirty Years' War, roamed the Erzgebirge in search of strange natural phenomena and rare texts, interviewing priests, public officials and scholars as well as miners, farmers, and herdsmen. This book, based on Lehmann’s notes with additions by members of his family, is a unique treasury of information—scientific observation, folksy anecdotes, and poetry—on this corner of Central Europe. See Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1906), Bd. 51, pp. 616–618; S. Schmidt-Brücken & K. Richter, Der Erzgebirgschronist Christian Lehmann: Leben und Werk (2011). Quarto (206 x 165mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Lehmann inset within views of the Erzgebirge and 12 engraved plates, nine of which are folding, comprising one map and illustrations of topographical features and views; many woodcut illustrations. 19th century half-calf over marbled boards (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Joh. F. Fuchs (ink stamp on title page and signed annotation on front flyleaf dated 1899) – Gustav Grünes (probably Gustav J. Grünes, 1840-1906, classical philologist in Moravia; ink stamp on title page).