Georgius Agricola De re metallica / translated from the first Latin edition of 1556, with biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th Century ; by Herbert Clark Hoover ... and Lou Henry Hoover ...
1912
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Georgius Agricola De re metallica / translated from the first Latin edition of 1556, with biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th Century ; by Herbert Clark Hoover ... and Lou Henry Hoover ...
Created/published
London : Published for the translators by the Mining Magazine, Salisbury House, 1912.
Description
[4], xxxi, 640, [1] p., folded plate : ill., facsims. ; 36 cm
Associated name
Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555, author.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.
King, Stanley, 1883-1951, former owner.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.
King, Stanley, 1883-1951, former owner.
Note
Includes index.
Title vignette.
Facsimile of the 1556 title page and Lectorem.
"Printed by Albert Frost & Sons, Rugby."
"Translators' preface"--p. [i]-iii.
Title vignette.
Facsimile of the 1556 title page and Lectorem.
"Printed by Albert Frost & Sons, Rugby."
"Translators' preface"--p. [i]-iii.
Bibliography, etc.
"Bibliographical notes"--p. 599-615.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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TN617 .A4
Folger-specific note
Presentation copy from Herbert Hoover to Stanley King.