De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556Front matterHerbert Hoover translationChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterDE RE METALLICATRANSLATORS' PREFACE.INTRODUCTION.GEORGIUS FABRICIUS IN LIBROS Metallicos GEORGII AGRICOLAE philosophi præstantissimi.[1]TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST MIGHTY DUKES OF Saxony, Landgraves of Thuringia, Margraves of Meissen, Imperial Overlords of Saxony, Burgraves of Altenberg and Magdeburg, Counts of Brena, Lords of Pleissnerland, To MAURICE Grand Marshall and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and to his brother AUGUSTUS,[1] GEORGE AGRICOLA S. D.BOOK I.BOOK II.BOOK III.BOOK IV.BOOK V.BOOK V. (continued 2)BOOK VI.BOOK VI. (continued 2)BOOK VII.BOOK VII. (continued 2)BOOK VIII.BOOK VIII. (continued 2)BOOK IX.[1]BOOK IX.[1] (continued 2)BOOK X.BOOK X. (continued 2)BOOK XI.BOOK XI. (continued 2)BOOK XII.APPENDIX A.APPENDIX B.APPENDIX C.GENERAL INDEX.INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES.INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.Transcriber's Notes.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →DE RE METALLICAAll chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsDE RE METALLICATRANSLATORS' PREFACE.INTRODUCTION.GEORGIUS FABRICIUS IN LIBROS Metallicos GEORGII AGRICOLAE philosophi præstantissimi.[1]TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST MIGHTY DUKES OF Saxony, Landgraves of Thuringia, Margraves of Meissen, Imperial Overlords of Saxony, Burgraves of Altenberg and Magdeburg, Counts of Brena, Lords of Pleissnerland, To MAURICE Grand Marshall and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and to his brother AUGUSTUS,[1] GEORGE AGRICOLA S. D.Books123455667788991010111112Book 12 · Other sectionsAPPENDIX A.APPENDIX B.APPENDIX C.GENERAL INDEX.INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES.INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.Transcriber's Notes.GEORGIUS AGRICOLA◇DE RE METALLICA →