AGRICOLA, Georgius.

De Re Metallica. Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556... by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1950. Second edition thus. Large 8vo. xxxii, 638 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a blindstamped illustration to the upper cover, dust jacket, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper. The original woodcut illustrations reproduced in the text. Uneven tanning to the jacket plus edge wear with occasional losses and a few tissue repairs on the verso, the book itself is very good. This translation was first published in 1912. Item #51833

Price: £30.00