Keywords: De Re Metallica 1556 p 158 AQ23 (2).TIF De re metallica libri XII quibus officia instrumenta machinae ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia non modò luculentissimè describuntur sed et per effigies suis locis insertas adjunctis Latinis Germanicisq́ue appelationibus ita ob oculos ponuntus ut clariùs tradi non posint quibus accesserunt hac ultimâ editione tractatus ejusdem argumenti ab eodem conscripti sequentes con indicibus diversis quicquid in opere tractatum est pulchrè demonstrantibus / Georgii Agricolae Kempnicensis Medici ac philosophi clariss by Georgii Agricolae Basileae Sumptibus et Typis Emanuelis König Anno 1657 In the late 15th and early 16th centuries capital-intensive new technologies made central European mines vastly more productive Potential investors wanting to familiarize themselves with the industry created demand for richly illustrated mining and metallurgy treatises such as Agricola's http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1033129~S6 Catalog Information From the copy in the Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence Initiative Chemical Heritage Foundation http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation 1556 PD-old-100-1923 PD-1923 cc-by-3 0 Chemical Heritage Foundation Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation De re metallica |