De re metallica libri XII
Subtitle: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deniq[ue] ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicisq́[ue] appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint.  Eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber, ab autore recognitus; cum indicibus diuersis ...
Publisher: [Apud H. Frobenium et N. Episcopium]
Published: 1556
Place of publication: Basileae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800.; Mineral industries -- Early works to 1800; Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works; Paleontology -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Numerous errors in paging; p. 502 numbered 538.

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