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BREREWOOD, Edward (ca 1565-1613). De ponderibus et pretiis veterum nummorumque. London: [William Stansby] for John Bill, 1614.
4o (190 x 150 mm). Architectural woodcut title border [McKerrow & Ferguson 248]. (Some light browning.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: J. Boileau (early signature on rear pastedown); Michael Chasles, French Academy of Science (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, edited by the author's son Robert Brerewood. Compares the weights and coinage of the Jews, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines and includes a chapter on the constitutions of the metals and alloys used among the ancients. STC 3612.
4o (190 x 150 mm). Architectural woodcut title border [McKerrow & Ferguson 248]. (Some light browning.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: J. Boileau (early signature on rear pastedown); Michael Chasles, French Academy of Science (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, edited by the author's son Robert Brerewood. Compares the weights and coinage of the Jews, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines and includes a chapter on the constitutions of the metals and alloys used among the ancients. STC 3612.