Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII
Subtitle: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad Metallicam spectantia, non modò luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis Latinis, Germanicisq[ue] appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint ; eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber, ab autore recognitus
By: cum indicibus diuersis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchrè demonstrantibus, atq[ue] omnibus nunc iterum ad archetypum diligenter restitutis & castigatis.
Publisher: Froben
Published: 1561
Place of publication: Basileae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 502
Subjects: Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800.; Mineral industries -- Early works to 1800.; Paleontology -- Early works to 1800.; Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
Work titles: De re metallica
Notes: Signatures: a-z, A-Z, Aa-Bb¡ (6 blank).

Printer's device on the title page, verso of the final leaf.

Woodcut illustrations and initials throughout. Folded plates after p. 96 and 100. Most are in black borders.

Includes index.