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De Re Metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556. With Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices &c... By Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover.
by AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS: HOOVER, H.C. & L.H.:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, The Mining Magazine, 1912. Large hardback, approx 14 x 9 inches. Full vellum binding with raised banding and black lettering and detail to spine. In very good condition. Partial crack to vellum at bottom end of spine. Some darkening and foxing to endpapers, bookplate to front “The Hon. Richard Martin Preston D.S.O.” A couple of minor foxing spots to edges of title page. Small minor water stain to top corner of Intro & Preface pages. Some occasional handling marks and foxing spots to pages. Pages in main text still remain uncut at top edges. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xxxi + 640pp. With original B&W woodcut illustrations. Decorative head & letterpieces.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94688
- Title
- De Re Metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556. With Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices &c... By Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover.
- Author
- AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS: HOOVER, H.C. & L.H.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Mining Magazine, 1912
- Keywords
- ENGINEERING De Re Metallica, AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS, 1912, facsimile, 1556, vellum, fine binding, early printing, mining, metals, mineralogy, woodcuts, illustrated,
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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