Author: D. D. Novgorodova (Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Keywords\n Museum Gottwaldianum, Christoph Gottwald, Johann Philipp Breyne, Hans Sloane, the Mineral cabinet of Kunstkamera, Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Catalogus Minerarum, the Mineral Catalog

Pages\n 636–653

Summary\n: The article reviews revealed sources connected with Christof Gottvald collection – the first mineralogical collection of the Peter the Great's Kunstkamera. The printing source of the Gottwald manuscript catalog in the Archive of the Fersman Mineralogical museum is defined, as well as the exact date of auction in Gdansk where Gottvald's Museum was offered for sale. The article outlines basic distinctions between mineralogical collections in Gotvald Museum and the Mineral cabinet of the Cabinet of curiosities, reflecting change of museum ideas and formation of mineralogy as sciences.

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