DE RE METALLICA
by Agricola, Georgius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Translated by Herbert Clark Hoover & Lou Henry Hoover. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else bright, intact & whole. FOLCAS 6/23; 4to 9" - 12" tall .
Synopsis
De re metallica (Latin for On the Nature of Metals) is a book cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published in 1556. The author was Georg Bauer, whose pen name was the Latinized Georgius Agricola. The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after its publication. Agricola had spent nine years in the Bohemian town of Joachimsthal, now in the Czech Republic. (Joachimsthal is famous for its silver mines and the origin of the word "Thaler.
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- JB's Book Vault (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5807
- Title
- DE RE METALLICA
- Author
- Agricola, Georgius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Agricola, Metallica, Metalurgy, Classic Texts, Mining, History
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- Miscellaneous; Classic Texts; History;
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