Source
Source: The Iron Library: Georgius Agricola's De re metallica. December 20, 2022.
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)
The Iron Library
Further Reading
A digitized version of De re metallica is available at https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-61120
Recommended Citation
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>
[April 22, 2025].