Mineralogiczna kolekcja w Gabinecie Historii Naturalnej księżnej Anny z Sapiehów Jabłonowskiej
Mineralogical Collection in the Cabinet of Natural History of Duchess Anna née Sapieha Jabłonowska

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns one of the mineralogical parts of the Cabinet of Natural History of Duchess Anna Jabłonowska (1728–1800), created in Siemiatycze. In 1802, the collection was purchased from Jabłonowska’s heirs by the envoys of Tsar Alexander I and transported to the Moscow University. At that time, two catalogues were created: one in French (1801) as a sale offer and the second one in Russian (1802), compiled by academicians during the packing of the collection before its transport to Moscow. Thanks to these two catalogues preserved in the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Branch (SPbF ARAN), it is possible today to reconstruct the contents of the Cabinet, which was burned in Moscow in 1812. The mineralogical part is presented according to the contemporary classification, allowing for the determination of its scientific value. Both discovered documents complement each other and confirm the richness of the collection.

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