De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times to the 16th Century
by AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)
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Dover Publications, Inc. n/d. Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)
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- De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times to the 16th Century
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- AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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- Dover Publications, Inc. n/d
- Keywords
- industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Chipping
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