De Re Metallica
by Agricola, Georgius; Hoover, Herbert Clark and Hoover, Lou Henry (translators)
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0486600068
- ISBN 13
- 9780486600062
- Seller
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Topsfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
"Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De Re Metallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation - what today would be called the 'scientific approach.' It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various specialized techniques of the many branches of mining, and the first to provide a realistic history of mining from antiquity to its day. For almost 200 years, Agricola remained the only authoritative work in this area and by modern times it has become one of the most highly respected scientific classics of all time. A book more often referred to in literature on mining and metallurgy than any other, its Latin text prevented it from being as widely used as it might have been.
In 1912, the book was translated by former President Herbert Clark Hoover and his wife. Printed in a limited edition, the work was quickly bought up by book collectors, historians, and medievalists, who had found that there was much to be learned from its pages." (from the front flap).
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- Bookseller
- Kuenzig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29260
- Title
- De Re Metallica
- Author
- Agricola, Georgius; Hoover, Herbert Clark and Hoover, Lou Henry (translators)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0486600068
- ISBN 13
- 9780486600062
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1950
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