De re metallica.

Artikelnummer 10121812

Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 with biographical introduction, 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. Reprint of 1950 edition.

xxxii, 640 pages <289 illustrations> 27 cm Mining engineering--Early works to 1800. Metallurgy--Early works to 1800. Text