Liber amicorum - Slovakia - Hungary - Mining Husz, Samuel Memories of Schemnitz (autograph title). Songbook and family register of the mining student and late mining engineer Samuel Husz. Bergingenieur Samuel Husz with entries from the environment of the mining academy Schemnitz. With 23 (3 col.) pencil drawings, some signed. Schemnitz/Selmecbánya, c. 1853. 172 (late) hs. pag. p. 12°. Blind embossed cloth with (illegible) title "Glück auf" (rubbed, bumped, stained, corners and joints partly scuffed, joints somewhat torn). The mining academy in Schemnitz (then Upper Hungary, now Slovakia) was the first mining science educational institution with the status of a university and the first technical university worldwide. - Contains folk, drinking, miners' and lads' songs ("Voll Zärtlichkeit will ich der Dirne sagen", "Warum sollt im Leben ich nach Bier nicht streben", "Der Bergmannsstand sei hoch geehrt" etc.) as well as entries by fellow students, including: Andreas Julius Probstner (1830-1911, mining surveyor), Friedrich Arzberger (1833-1905, Joseph Carl von Hohenbalken (1826-1890, chief mining administrator), (Adolf Ritter von Pautz) from Carniola (1826-1879), R.(udolf) Würsching, Max Kasparek from Silesia, Hauer from Vienna, Johann Wein (owner of a book printing works), Carolin Hopfgarten, Karl Münnich, Josef Hajós ("Sanctus v. Pohlen / ex clergyman"), Emil Zweigel (late hut conductor), Richard Neugebauer (mining engineer), Karl Meiszlinger, Alois Meißlinger from Carinthia, Ludwig Kauffmann, Joh. Belházy, Czibur Kàlmàn, Carl Vágner, Anton Felix, Carl Ernst, von Mangold(t). - Mainly German, partly in Hungarian, Slovak, Italian, French and Latin. - The drawings show views of Schemnitz and surroundings. - Block broken, somewhat browned, partly slightly brown- and foxing as well as fingerstaining throughout, otherwise overall good condition. Slovakia - Hungary - Mining - Songbook and liber amicorum of the mining student and later mining engineer Samuel Husz with entries from the surroundings of the mining academy Schemnitz. With 23 (3 col.) pencil drawings, some signed. Blind tooled cloth with (illegible) title 'Glück auf' (rubbed, bumped, stained, corners and joints partly scuffed, joints somewhat torn). - The mining academy in Schemnitz (then Upper Hungary, now Slovakia) was the first mining science educational institution with the status of a university and the first technical university worldwide. - Contains folk, drinking, miners' and lads' songs as well as entries by fellow students, among others, as listed above. - Book body cracking, some browning, partially slightly foxed, brown- and fingerstained, otherwise overall well preserved. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.