Search Results: de re metallica by agricola georgius hoover

Mansfield Center, CT: Martino Publishing, 2014. Soft cover. Very good. 8vo (24 x 19 cm). 638 pp. Glossy black covers with illustration of kiln to upper, Yellow titles to upper and spine. Text block tight and unmarked.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Pubns, 1950. Very Good, Paperback, 6 3/4" x 10 3/4", edges rubbed, 638 pages, black and white illustrations. Paperback. Very Good.

Dover Publ. NY, 1950. New 1950 edition. Hardcover. very good/good. NOT an ex library book. 638 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 3/4" chip top front, other smaller chips and tears. Price is not clipped.

New York.: Dover., 1950.. Reprint.. Soft cover. . Near fine copy (rubbing along edges).. 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work.

New York, NY: Dover Publications. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1950. ........ Hardcover. 4to., 638 pp., rubbed, bumped, pages lightly toned .

Dover, New York 1950 (translated from the 1st Latin edition of 1556). 27.0 x 17.0cms, 638pp, b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper This was the first book on mining that was based on field research and observation (ie the scientific method). It has the first detailed technical drawings to illustrate the mining techniques and the first realistic history of mining from antuity to the 16th century.

New York: Dover Publiscations, Inc, 1950. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st printing (same date). 638pp. Corners bumped, a little edgewear, very good in dust jacket with a little edgewear

Dover Publications, 1986,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1986. Hardcover. 0486600068 hardback, large 8vo, xxxii,638pp, numerous illustrations, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0486600068 .

New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1950. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. [3], iv-xxxi, [1 (blank)], 638 pages. 11 x 7 inches. Publisher's green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A very nice copy with a touch of wear to the corner tips and edges of the cloth binding and dj. Sound and clean, it is difficult to find in presentable condition. Cloth. Originally published in 1556, this is a reprint of 1912 translated edition done by The Mining Magazine. "Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De Re Metallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation - what today would be called the 'scientific approach.' It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various specialized techniques of the many branches of mining, and the first to provide a realistic history of mining from antiquity to its day. For almost 200 years, Agricola remained the only authoritative work in this area and… Read More

Dover Publications, Inc. n/d. Reprint; Imperial octavo, green 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 (light soiling & creasing, moderate tanning/discolouration)

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)

Couverture rigide. Bon/1950. in-8. New York, 1950, in-8, 638pp, Reliure pleine percaline, très bel exemplaire!

New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine; 638 pp. indexed and illustrated. Former owner's stamp on front pastedown and lower front title page, along with an unused postage stamp (5 cents) with the image of Hoover. Also laid in is a first day of issue stamped Hoover envelope, addressed to an MD in Minnesota and dated 1965. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a chip on th eupper corner of front panel, and is now protected in mylar. "This new 1950 edition of De Re Metallica is a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by The Mining Magazine, London , in 1912." A nice copy. Ships within 24 hours!

New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1950. Pages clean and bright, light spotting on closed edges, boards tidy, very light shelf wear to edges of dust jacket but overall neat.. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

1950. New York, Dover Publications, 1950. 18 cm x 28 cm. XXXI, 638 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper and pastedown with staining !! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very slight foxing to paper edges and discoloration to inside of Hardcover. Title page folded and with minor tear. Includes for example the following:- Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, and Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times to the 16th century. Illustrated throughout in black and white with woodcut images. Illustrations include for example:- Alum Making, Glass-making, Salt cauldron, Soda Making, and Trough for washing alluvial.

London, The Mining Magazine, 1912. Large hardback, approx 14 x 9 inches. Full vellum binding with raised banding and black lettering and detail to spine. In very good condition. Partial crack to vellum at bottom end of spine. Some darkening and foxing to endpapers, bookplate to front “The Hon. Richard Martin Preston D.S.O.” A couple of minor foxing spots to edges of title page. Small minor water stain to top corner of Intro & Preface pages. Some occasional handling marks and foxing spots to pages. Pages in main text still remain uncut at top edges. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xxxi + 640pp. With original B&W woodcut illustrations. Decorative head & letterpieces.

New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Facsimile edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good-. 1st Dover edition, a facsimile of the 1556 edition. A Near Fine copy in Fair to Good dust jacket. Tall 4to., 672 pp., 289 illustrations. Red cloth in tan and green dust jacket. The jacket id chipped, with a small loss on the rear panel. SIGNED by Herbert Hoover with a short inscription on the front end paper. The famous Hoover translation of the unabridged edition of the greatest treatise on technological chemistry, mining, geology and engineering of early modern times.

Mining Magazine, 1912-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's vellum, with black spine lettering. Hinges restored. Soiling / staining to cover. Limited edition of 3000 copies printed by the Mining Magazine in 1912. xxxi, 640 pages : illustrations ; 35 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Hugo Reinbold's stamp and inscription on end page. 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. This volume is the 1st English translation of the De Re Metallica, privately published by subscription. It was translated by future President Herbert Hoover, a mining engineer, and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, a geologist and classical scholar. The contents of the book are separated into 12 books: Book I: Arguments for and against this art; Book II: The miner and a discourse on the finding of veins; Book III: Veins and stringers and… Read More