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No Place: Filiquarian Publishing, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SCIENCE. Faint moisture damage to lower corners margins only pages 293-362. (32)640pp. Indexes. Illustrations. Translated rfrom the Latin edition of 1556, published by The Mining Magazine 1912.

Mansfield Center, CT: Martino Publishing, 2014. Soft cover. Very good. 8vo (24 x 19 cm). 638 pp. Glossy black covers with illustration of kiln to upper, Yellow titles to upper and spine. Text block tight and unmarked.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Pubns, 1950. Very Good, Paperback, 6 3/4" x 10 3/4", edges rubbed, 638 pages, black and white illustrations. Paperback. Very Good.

Dover Publ. NY, 1950. New 1950 edition. Hardcover. very good/good. NOT an ex library book. 638 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 3/4" chip top front, other smaller chips and tears. Price is not clipped.

New York.: Dover., 1950.. Reprint.. Soft cover. . Near fine copy (rubbing along edges).. 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work.

New York, NY: Dover Publications. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1950. ........ Hardcover. 4to., 638 pp., rubbed, bumped, pages lightly toned .

New York: Dover Publiscations, Inc, 1950. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st printing (same date). 638pp. Corners bumped, a little edgewear, very good in dust jacket with a little edgewear

Dover Publications, 1986,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1986. Hardcover. 0486600068 hardback, large 8vo, xxxii,638pp, numerous illustrations, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0486600068 .

New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1950. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. [3], iv-xxxi, [1 (blank)], 638 pages. 11 x 7 inches. Publisher's green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A very nice copy with a touch of wear to the corner tips and edges of the cloth binding and dj. Sound and clean, it is difficult to find in presentable condition. Cloth. Originally published in 1556, this is a reprint of 1912 translated edition done by The Mining Magazine. "Originally published in 1556, Agricola's De Re Metallica was the first book on mining to be based on field research and observation - what today would be called the 'scientific approach.' It was therefore the first book to offer detailed technical drawings to illustrate the various specialized techniques of the many branches of mining, and the first to provide a realistic history of mining from antiquity to its day. For almost 200 years, Agricola remained the only authoritative work in this area and… Read More

Dover Publications, Inc. n/d. Reprint; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & creasing, moderate tanning/discolouration)

Dover Publications, Inc. n/d. Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)

Couverture rigide. Bon/1950. in-8. New York, 1950, in-8, 638pp, Reliure pleine percaline, très bel exemplaire!

New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine; 638 pp. indexed and illustrated. Former owner's stamp on front pastedown and lower front title page, along with an unused postage stamp (5 cents) with the image of Hoover. Also laid in is a first day of issue stamped Hoover envelope, addressed to an MD in Minnesota and dated 1965. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a chip on th eupper corner of front panel, and is now protected in mylar. "This new 1950 edition of De Re Metallica is a complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by The Mining Magazine, London , in 1912." A nice copy. Ships within 24 hours!

New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1950. Pages clean and bright, light spotting on closed edges, boards tidy, very light shelf wear to edges of dust jacket but overall neat.. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxi, 638 pages: illustrations, facsimile; 28 cm. Notes: At head of title: Georgius Agricola. ""A complete and unchanged reprint of the translation published by the Mining magazine, London, in 1912."" Reprint. Originally published: London : Mining magazine, 1912. Contents: Biographical sketch -- Translation of Books I-XII -- I. Arguments against the art of mining art -- II. The miner and the mining of veins -- III. Veins and stringers and seams in the rocks -- IV. The method of delimiting veins and the functions of the mining officials -- V. The digging of ore and the surveyor's art -- VI. The miners' tools and machines -- VII. The assaying of ore -- VIII. Rules for the work of roasting, crushing, and washing the ore -- IX. Methods of smelting ores -- X. The… Read More

1950. New York, Dover Publications, 1950. 18 cm x 28 cm. XXXI, 638 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper and pastedown with staining !! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very slight foxing to paper edges and discoloration to inside of Hardcover. Title page folded and with minor tear. Includes for example the following:- Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, and Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times to the 16th century. Illustrated throughout in black and white with woodcut images. Illustrations include for example:- Alum Making, Glass-making, Salt cauldron, Soda Making, and Trough for washing alluvial.

London:: Published for the Translators by The Mining Magazine,, 1912. . First edition in English of Agricola's great metallurgical classic.. original white vellum; but the front board is absent.. Please note that the front cover is lacking. Otherwise an attractive copy. . Folio,. Illustrated from the original woodcuts.. With Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices...by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Clipped signature of Herbert Hoover on card affixed to front free endpaper (with a vertical crease).

New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Facsimile edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good-. 1st Dover edition, a facsimile of the 1556 edition. A Near Fine copy in Fair to Good dust jacket. Tall 4to., 672 pp., 289 illustrations. Red cloth in tan and green dust jacket. The jacket id chipped, with a small loss on the rear panel. SIGNED by Herbert Hoover with a short inscription on the front end paper. The famous Hoover translation of the unabridged edition of the greatest treatise on technological chemistry, mining, geology and engineering of early modern times.

Mining Magazine, 1912-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's vellum, with black spine lettering. Hinges restored. Soiling / staining to cover. Limited edition of 3000 copies printed by the Mining Magazine in 1912. xxxi, 640 pages : illustrations ; 35 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Hugo Reinbold's stamp and inscription on end page. 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. This volume is the 1st English translation of the De Re Metallica, privately published by subscription. It was translated by future President Herbert Hoover, a mining engineer, and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, a geologist and classical scholar. The contents of the book are separated into 12 books: Book I: Arguments for and against this art; Book II: The miner and a discourse on the finding of veins; Book III: Veins and stringers and… Read More

Salisbury House, London, E. C: Published for the Translators by The Mining Magazine, 1912. Translated by Herbert Clark Hoover [1874-1964] and Lou Henry Hoover [1875-1944]. Illustrated by Plates, one folding and reproduction of original title page [after the first Latin Edition of 292 plates by Blasius Weffring (and Hans Rudolf Manuel 1525-1571)]. First English Translation edition. Initially 3,000 copies (which cost over $20,000 to produce due to plate replication), actual printing is about half intended. Original full vellum, black spine print, 5 raised bands, uncut. Hinge repaired with J. Hewit acid free (AF) undyed calf, new AF front endpaper, spine numbers retouched and vellum cleaned. In custom Clambox in full AF undyed J. Hewit calf, Hollander AF brown Japapnese tissue sides, Shepherds AF paper bottoms with parchment label to be affixed for flat or upright storage. Restoration and box done by by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery. Three items laid in: a notation to reduce and move the plate… Read More