Abstract

This video introduces the book De re metallica [On the Nature of Metals] by Saxon polymath Georg Bauer [Georgius Agricola]. The first known work on mining and metallurgy, it was first published (in Latin) in Basel in 1556. 

Georg Bauer, De re metallica (1556)

Source

Source: The Iron Library: Georgius Agricola's De re metallica. December 20, 2022.

The Iron Library

A digitized version of De re metallica is available at https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-61120

Georg Bauer, De re metallica (1556), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:video-5148> [March 27, 2025].