Georgii Agricolae Kempnicensis Medici ac philosophi clariss. De re metallica libri XII : quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modò luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adjunctis Latinis Germanicisq́ue appellationibus, ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clariùs tradi non possint : quibus accesserunt hac ultimâ editione, tractatus ejusdem argumenti, ab eodem conscripti, sequentes : De animantibus subterraneis, lib. I, De ortu & causis subterraneorum, lib. V, De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra, lib. IV, De natura fossilium, lib. X, De veteribus & novis metallis, lib. II, Bermannus sive De re metallica, dialogus, lib. I : con indicibus diversis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchrè demonstrantibus.

Georgii Agricolae Kempnicensis Medici ac philosophi clariss. De re metallica libri XII : quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modò luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adjunctis Latinis Germanicisq́ue appellationibus, ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clariùs tradi non possint : quibus accesserunt hac ultimâ editione, tractatus ejusdem argumenti, ab eodem conscripti, sequentes : De animantibus subterraneis, lib. I, De ortu & causis subterraneorum, lib. V, De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra, lib. IV, De natura fossilium, lib. X, De veteribus & novis metallis, lib. II, Bermannus sive De re metallica, dialogus, lib. I : con indicibus diversis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchrè demonstrantibus.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555, author.
Uniform title:	De re metallica
Imprint:	Basileae : Sumptibus & typis Emanuelis König, anno MDCLVII [1657]
Description:	[10], 708, [92] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm (folio)
Language:	Latin
Subject:	Mineral industries -- Early works to 1800. Mineral industries -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. Mines and mineral resources -- Early works to 1800. Mines and mineral resources -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. Mining engineering -- Early works to 1800. Mining engineering -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800. Metallurgy -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works. Paleontology -- Early works to 1800. Metallurgy. Mineral industries. Mining engineering. Mines and mineral resources. Paleontology. Zoology. Pictorial works. Early works. Woodcuts -- Switzerland -- Basel -- 1657.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1289901

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Varying Form of Title:	De re metallica libri XII
Other uniform titles:	Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555. De animantibus subterraneis liber. Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555. De ortu et causis subterraneorum libri V. Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555. Bermannus. Manuel, Hans Rudolf, 1525-1571, König, Emanuel‏, 1603-1684,
Provenance:	Former owner's inscription: Mr. W.R. Walker fr. George W. Goetz souvenir trip to Europe 1891. Former owner's signature: A Barth A. 1733.
Notes:	Several wooducts signed: RMD [dagger]. Signatures: (:)⁶(-(:)6) a-z⁶ A-2N⁶ [alpha]-[delta]⁶ [epsilon]² [zeta]⁴ [eta]-[theta]⁶ [iota]⁴. Title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials. Leaf [zeta]4 blank. Includes indexes. Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), entry 3:309843V

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