DE RE METALLICA : TRANSLATED FROM THE 1ST LATIN EDITION OF 1556, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION, ANNOTATIONS AND APPENDICES UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINING METHODS, METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY & MINING LAW, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE 16TH CENTURY
by Agricola, Georg [Georgius], 1494-1555 [author]; Hoover, Herbert Clark; Hoover, Lou Henry [translators]
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications, 1950. New 1950 edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxxi, 638 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, taped tear to rear panel. Price unclipped: "$10.00". Boards in red cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w drawings. "Unchanged reprint of the translation published by The Mining Magazine, London, in 1912"- copyright page.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column I. 1380649. FP New Rockville Stock.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column I. 1380649. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1380649
- Title
- DE RE METALLICA : TRANSLATED FROM THE 1ST LATIN EDITION OF 1556, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION, ANNOTATIONS AND APPENDICES UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINING METHODS, METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY & MINING LAW, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE 16TH CENTURY
- Author
- Agricola, Georg [Georgius], 1494-1555 [author]; Hoover, Herbert Clark; Hoover, Lou Henry [translators]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New 1950 edition
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
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