Author: Agricola, Georgius.
Title: DE RE METALLICA. Translated from the First Latine Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introductions, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Process, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the Earliest Times to the 16th Century.
Description: New York: Dover, 1950. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in slightly worn dust jacket. by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Classic work first published in 1556. 289 illustrations. [xxxi], 638 pages, indexed. Tall 4to.

Keywords: metallurgy mining alchemy history of science chemistry