AGRICOLA, Georgius. De Re Metallica Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556... Herbert Clark HOOVER and Lou Henry HOOVER, translators. 1912. INSCRIBED BY HOOVER.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $1,270
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
AGRICOLA, Georgius (1494-1555). De Re Metallica Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556... Herbert Clark HOOVER and Lou Henry HOOVER, translators. London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.
Folio. Numerous full-page and in-text illustrations reproducing the 1556 woodcuts. (Few spots of old adhesive residue to free endpapers.) Original vellum parchment, spine lettered in black, uncut and unopened (soiling, some minor stains); publisher's slipcase (edges worn, top and bottom flaps detached but present).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. This first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy was translated from the first Latin Edition of 1556 by the 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, and his wife Lou Henry. Hoover was a mining engineer before entering politics and his wife a former Latin teacher. Duveen, p. 5; Hoover 28; Norman 21.
[Laid in:] A sepia toned photograph (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) of Herbert Hoover, INSCRIBED BY HOOVER in the lower margin "with kind regards of Herbert Hoover".
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