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AGRICOLA, Georgius. De re metallica libri XII quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia. Basle: H.Froben & N.Episcopius, 1561.
2° (320 x 215mm). Title and verso of colophon with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, 2 woodcut plates, one folding, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Some light staining to title, margins and several leaves at the end.) Contemporary limp vellum (corners neatly restored, inner hinge split). Provenance: Petrus Berandanus (ownership inscription on title dated 1626).
The second edition in Latin of the 'first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times' (PMM 79, the first edition of 1556). Adams A350
2° (320 x 215mm). Title and verso of colophon with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, 2 woodcut plates, one folding, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Some light staining to title, margins and several leaves at the end.) Contemporary limp vellum (corners neatly restored, inner hinge split). Provenance: Petrus Berandanus (ownership inscription on title dated 1626).
The second edition in Latin of the 'first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times' (PMM 79, the first edition of 1556). Adams A350