Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica -

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