De Re Metallica Libri Xii

by Agricola, Georg

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De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deniq[ue] ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissime describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis Latinis, Germanicis[que] appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint. Eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber, ab Autore recognitus: cum indicibus diversis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchre demonstrantibus
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De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deniq[ue] ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissime describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis Latinis, Germanicis[que] appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint. Eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber, ab Autore recognitus: cum indicibus diversis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchre demonstrantibus

by AGRICOLA, Georg

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1556
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Basel: [colophon:] Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Bischof, 1556. First edition. DIBNER 88: ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS ON TECHNOLOGY. First edition, the Harrison D. Horblit copy, of the "first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times" (PMM). "The twelve books of Agricola's treatise ... embrace everything connected with Renaissance mining… Read more about this item
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