De re metallica
By: Georgius Agricola ; translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 with 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 by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover.
Contributors: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.; Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.
Publisher: Dover
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 638
Subjects: Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800; Metal trade -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: "Unabridged Dover (1986) republication of the 1912 edition"--Back  cover.

"This new 1950 edition of De re metallica is a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by The mining magazine, London, in 1912"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.