Vom Berg- und Huttenwesen
Full details
| English title | Of mining and metallurgy |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag |
| Year of publication | 1980 |
| Languages | German (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 2 |
| ISBN | 3423060867 |
| Topics | |
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| Scope & content | Summary Translation A modern German translation of the 12 books of the classic text originally published in Latin as De Re Metallica in 1556.The book contains 273 woodcut illustrations from the original edition, with translated labels.It also contains a translation of Agricola’s work on animals that live underground.The appendix includes a biographical sketch of Agricola, and an essay about mining and metallurgy in Central Europe in the 16th century.Three indexes list the illustrations; the animals and subjects covered in the main text. |
Copies held
Accession no. 21813
- Shelf location: W100_AGR
- Donor: Ken Major Collection