De Re Mettallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations & Appendices upon the Development of Mining, Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy, and Mining Law from earliest times to the 16th Century

London: Published by Published for the Translators by The Mining Magazine, 1912. Translated from the First Latin text of 1556 by Herbert Hoover & Lou Henry Hoover, Number 630 of 3000 copies. Illustrated, [iv], xxxi., 640pp. Printed by Albert Frost & Sons, Rugby. Folio. Original vellum over boards, mottled, small split at front joint, else near fine. Translated from the First Latin text of 1556 by Herbert Hoover & Lou Henry Hoover, Number 630 of 3000 copies. Illustrated, [iv], xxxi., 640pp. Printed by Albert Frost & Sons, Rugby. Folio. Insribed on the ffep from E.P. Mathewson, General Manager at the Anaconda Smelter to Frederic Laist, Manager of the Anaconda Company's Reduction Plant in Montana dated May 15, 1913.