De re metallica
By: Translated from the first Latin ed. of 1556, with biographical introd., 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
Edition: [New ed.]
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1950
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 638
Subjects: Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800; Mineral industries -- Early works to 1800
Description: 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.Includes index. Originally published in 1556, Agricola's "De Re Mettallica" was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation.
Notes: "A complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the Mining magazine, London, in 1912."

Includes index

Bibliography: p. 599-606