[Rarebooks] FS: Fine copy of "De Re Metallica" edited & trans. by Herbert Hoover w/ his signature

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Agricola, Georgius. DE RE METALLICA. Translated Fromthe First Latin Edition of 1556... by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou HenryHoover. London: The Mining Magazine. 1912. Folio. (4),xxxii,640pp. Index.Profusely illustrated with woodcuts from the 1556 edition. Edition limited to3,000 copies (not stated), with the light rubber stamped number"01885" of this copy at the top outer blank of the title page. Fullvellum, a very clean, bright copy. Fine. Largely unopened. With a chippedautograph signature of Herbert Hoover laid in "yours faithfully, HerbertHoover."  $1,250.00 (tradediscount allowed)
 
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