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AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS. 1494-1555. HOOVER, HERBERT C. 1874-1964. AND LOU H. HOOVER. 1874-1944. TRANSLATORS. De re metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices.... London The Mining Magazine, 1912. image 1
AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS. 1494-1555. HOOVER, HERBERT C. 1874-1964. AND LOU H. HOOVER. 1874-1944. TRANSLATORS. De re metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices.... London The Mining Magazine, 1912. image 2
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AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS. 1494-1555.
HOOVER, HERBERT C. 1874-1964. AND LOU H. HOOVER. 1874-1944. TRANSLATORS.
De re metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices.... London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.

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AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS. 1494-1555.

HOOVER, HERBERT C. 1874-1964. AND LOU H. HOOVER. 1874-1944. TRANSLATORS. De re metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices.... London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.
Folio. Full vellum in 16th-century style, black printed titles on spine. Chipping to top spine end, 22mm closed tear at top margin of first appendix page, scattered foxing.

Agricola's most important work, the first systematic treatise on metallurgy and mining. The translation was done by Herbert Hoover, later to be elected U.S. president, and his wife Lou. Hoover was a mining engineer and geologist, and Lou was a polyglot who studied Latin, Mandarin, German and the romance languages. Hoover 28; Norman 21.

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