1614, Numismatics, Weights and Measures
Brerewood, Edward.
DE PONDERIBUS, ET PRETIIS VETERUM NUMMORUM....
London: John Bill, 1614
Size 7.25" x 5.75"
[8], 56 pp.
Rebound in 1/4 calf over marbled boards.
First edition of this work on weights and measures.
Compares the weights/coinage of the Jews, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines; also includes a chapter on the metals and alloys used by the ancients.
The author was the first Gresham professor of astronomy and a distinguished mathematician and antiquary; the present work was edited by his son, Robert Brerewood.
Some margins tattered near front and back with some slight loss of neatlines or marginal notes, corners bumped/rounded, dust-soiling and light stains to first/last couple of leaves
Text in Latin



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