Download or read book BERGBUCHLEIN, The Little Book on Ores: The First Mining Book Ever Printed written by Dr. Mary Ross and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BERGBUCHLEIN, The Little Book on Ores was published before 1518 and was the first book on mining ever printed. With references to alchemy and astronomy this English translation of the German text includes the full text and original woodcut illustrations. BERGBUCLIEN pre-dates DE RE METALLICA by four decades and sections of BERGBUCHLEIN were used by Georgius Agricola in his landmark text. Republished every century since its origination in the 1500s, with this edition BERGBUCHLEIN is once again available to audiences interested in the historical views of mining and ore formation.