Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times to the 16th Century. By Herbert Clark Hoover, A.B. Stanford University, Member American Institute of Mining Engineers, [...] Fellow Royal Geographical Society, etc., etc. and Lou Henry Hoover, A.B. Stanford University, [...] Royal Scottish Geographical Society, etc., etc. Dover Publication, Inc. New York. 1950.

De 28x18 cm. Com xxxi, 638 págs. Encadernação em tela com gravações a ouro na lombada e a seco na pasta anterior, corte das folhas carminado à cabeça.

Ilustrado a preto e branco no texto com maiúsculas decoradas, vinhetas ornamentais e gravuras.

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