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Georgii Agricolae De re metallica : libri XII. Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni[que] ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimè describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis infertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis [que] appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint. ; Eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber,

Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555, Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555. De animantibus subterraneis · 1556 · Basileae : Apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium · 283 pictures

De re metallica is a 1556 Latin treatise on mining and metallurgy by the German scholar Georg Agricola, printed in Basel by Froben and Episcopius for mining engineers and scholars. Its woodcuts show miners, furnaces, water-powered ore crushing and washing, and smelting, with lettered keys and labelled tools that a designer could use for industrial and workshop scenes.

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