AGRICOLA, Georgius (1494-1555).  De re metallica libri XII. Basel: H. Froben & N. Episcopius, March 1561. 2° (323 x 223mm). Printers device on title and verso of final leaf, with the blank, 2 woodcut plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page (plates cropped, tiny wormhole in inner gutter in last third of text, a little bigger and touching text in H4-K2, some light browning and spotting). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (chipped, old repair at top and bottom compartment of spine, rubbed). Provenance: initials 'CAE PA' (on title).
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AGRICOLA, Georgius (1494-1555). De re metallica libri XII. Basel: H. Froben & N. Episcopius, March 1561. 2° (323 x 223mm). Printers device on title and verso of final leaf, with the blank, 2 woodcut plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page (plates cropped, tiny wormhole in inner gutter in last third of text, a little bigger and touching text in H4-K2, some light browning and spotting). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (chipped, old repair at top and bottom compartment of spine, rubbed). Provenance: initials 'CAE PA' (on title).

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AGRICOLA, Georgius (1494-1555). De re metallica libri XII. Basel: H. Froben & N. Episcopius, March 1561. 2° (323 x 223mm). Printers device on title and verso of final leaf, with the blank, 2 woodcut plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page (plates cropped, tiny wormhole in inner gutter in last third of text, a little bigger and touching text in H4-K2, some light browning and spotting). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (chipped, old repair at top and bottom compartment of spine, rubbed). Provenance: initials 'CAE PA' (on title).

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; Durling 53; Wellcome I, 68.
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