Georgii Agricolae kempnicensis medici ac philosophi clariss. De re metallica libri XII. Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modò luculentissimè describuntur; sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adjunctis Latinis, Germanicisque appellationibus, ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clariùs tradi non possint. Quibus accesserunt hâc ultimâ editione, Tractatus ejusdem argumenti, ab eodem conscripti, sequentes. De animantibus subterraneis. Lib. I. De ortu & causis subterraneorum. Lib. V. De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra. Lib. IV. De natura fossilium. Lib. X. De veteribus & novis metallis. Lib. II. Bermannus, sive De re metallica, dialogus. Lib. I. Cum indicibus diversis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchrè demonstrantibus.
Georg Agricola (1494 - 1555)
Category
Books
Date
1657
Materials
Place of origin
Basel
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3032481
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14], 708, [92] p., 2 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (woodcut) ; fol. Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: L6 (crossed-out). Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto five sewing supports; blind roll pattern along board edges; double gilt fillets and brown leather label with gilt title on spine; lozenge-shape paper label at head of spine with faded shelfmark: "L 14"[?]; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Georg Agricola (1494 - 1555), author