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Bibliotheca De Re Metallica, ex. Herbert Hoover Collection
- David Kuhner
- Small Cabinet, 28.2 x 18.3 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 03/20/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/27/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Translated from Latin by Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou, this is the Claremont College (1980) version of Georgius Agricola's classic 16th. Century mining book, De Re Metallica. Hoover was an avid bibliophile in mining and metallurgy.