De Re Metallica
by Agricola, Georgius
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /Fair
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Dover . Clean, tight hardcover in good condition; shelf wear and rubbing, former owner's name on end paper. Fair DJ in mylar cover; rubbing, edge wear includes small chips and tears, portion of rear flap cut out. . Good. Hardcover. 1950.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 059213
- Title
- De Re Metallica
- Author
- Agricola, Georgius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dover
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Metallurgist De Re Metallica Agricola, Georgius Metallurgy History Science Renaissance
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