Article ID: CBB442189883

Two letters on mining sites in Tuscany by Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti to the Count of Richecourt (2021)

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Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti was a well-known naturalist who lived in Florence and travelled extensively in Tuscany for scientific reasons. In 1743 he wrote two letters to the Count of Richecourt to arouse the Regency’s interest in the wealth of Tuscan mines: firstly, a letter titled Observations on Tuscan mines followed by a second letter On the expected benefits of Tuscan mines. There is no information concerning Richecourt’s answer to this correspondence: however, subsequent to these letters, Targioni later published his renowned Reports on some travels in Tuscany between 1751 and 1754. In this work, together with an account of his travels, he also reported on Tuscan mines. Probably thanks to the strong stimulus by Targioni, a survey of all Tuscan mining sites, that until then had been unproductive or abandoned, was started. The two letters – today preserved in The State Archives of Florence (SAF) and in the National Central Library of Florence (NCLF) – are herein analyzed from a geological point of view and discussed with regard to the history of mining.

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Authors & Contributors
Dallai, Luisa
Santinucci, Giovanna
Farinelli, Roberto
Arrigoni, Tiziano
Burgassi, Pier Domenico
Cipriani, Curzio
Journals
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Annali dell'Istituto e Museo di storia della scienza di Firenze
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Publishers
Insegna del Giglio
Edizioni ETS
Firenze University Press
Leo S. Olschki
Leo S. Olschki Editore
National Gallery of Art
Concepts
Mines and mining
Environmental history
Mineral Industries
Technology
Landscape; landscapes
Mineral resources
People
Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni
Chiarugi, Vincenzo
Hooke, Robert
Medici, Cosimo II de', granduca di Toscana
Medici, family
Pliny the Elder
Time Periods
18th century
Medieval
Renaissance
16th century
19th century
17th century
Places
Tuscany (Italy)
Italy
Europe
Germany
Netherlands
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