Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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correct German translation exists. </
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>The Italian translation is by Michelangelo
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Florio, and is by him dedicated to Elizabeth, Queen of England. </
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page of the first edition is reproduced later on, and the full titles of other
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editions are given in the Appendix, together with the author's other works.
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De Re Metallica,
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together with the name and place of the publisher:—</
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>LATIN EDITIONS.
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De Re Metallíca,
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Froben .. ..</
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De Re Metallíca,
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Froben .. ..</
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De Re Metallíca,
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Ludwig König</
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De Re Metallíca,
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Emanuel König</
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>In addition to these, Leupold,
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Schmid,
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and others mention an octavo
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edition, without illustrations, Schweinfurt, 1607. We have not been able to
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find a copy of this edition, and are not certain of its existence. </
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catalogues also mention an octavo edition of
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De Re Metallica,
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Wittenberg,
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1612 or 1614, with notes by Joanne Sigfrido; but we believe this to be a
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confusion with Agricola's subsidiary works, which were published at this
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time and place, with such notes.</
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>GERMAN EDITIONS.</
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Vom Bergkwerck,
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Froben, Folio, 1557.</
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Bergwerck Buch,
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Sigmundi Feyrabendt, Frankfort-on-Main, folio, 1580.</
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Bergwerck Buch,
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Ludwig König, Basel, folio, 1621.</
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have been unable to confirm them in any library. </
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of such bibliographies, that of John Ferguson,
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gives in addition to the
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above;
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Bergwerkbuch,
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Basel, 1657, folio, and Schweinfurt, 1687, octavo.</
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>ITALIAN EDITION.</
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L'Arte de Metalli,
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Froben, Basel, folio, 1563.</
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De Re Metallíca
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was never actually published in other
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than Latin, German, and Italian. </
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the firm of Froben were published in 1881
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, and therein is an entry under
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March, 1560, of a sum to one Leodigaris Grymaldo for some other work, and
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also for “correction of Agricola's
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De Re Metallíca
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in French.” This may
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of course, be an error for the Italian edition, which appeared a little later.
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that a manuscript of
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De Re Metallica
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