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Title

  • Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII : quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, Germanicisque appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint ; eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber

Names

  • Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555.
  • Froben, Hieronymus, 1501-1563, printer.
  • Episcopius, Nicolaus, 1501-1564, printer.
  • Bolton, Henry Carrington, 1843-1903, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Basileae : Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, 1556 mense Martio.

Headings

  • -  Metallurgy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mineral industries--Early works to 1800
  • -  Paleontology--Early works to 1800
  • -  Zoology--Pre-Linnean works
  • -  Switzerland--Basel

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 910
  • -  Cicognara, 875
  • -  Horblit, H.D. Grolier 100 science books, 2b
  • -  Kress Lib., 71
  • -  LC copy from the library of Henry Carrington Bolton, with his bookplate on front pastedown and ink signature, dated Paris, 1873, on t.p.
  • -  LAC ael 2019-02-05 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ael 2019-02-06 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [12], 538 [i.e. 502], [74] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TN617 .A25 1556
  • TN617 .A25 1556 Copy 2 34 cm.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 14021386

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Agricola, Georg, Hieronymus Froben, Nicolaus Episcopius, Henry Carrington Bolton, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, Germanicisque appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint ; eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber. Basileae: Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, mense Martio, 1556. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/14021386/.

APA citation style:

Agricola, G., Froben, H., Episcopius, N., Bolton, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1556) Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, Germanicisque appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint ; eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber. Basileae: Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, mense Martio. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/14021386/.

MLA citation style:

Agricola, Georg, et al. Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, Germanicisque appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint ; eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber. Basileae: Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, mense Martio, 1556. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/14021386/>.