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.
London: Published for the translators by The Mining Magazine, 1912. 1912. Folio, original vellum, slight spotting, a very good copy, with a presentation inscription from Hoover to Judge Frederickick Wells. First edition of Hoover's translation, reproducing all the original woodcut illustrations. Item #33239
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