Artachthos or A new booke declaring the assise or weight of bread: not onely by troy weight, according to the law, but by avoirdupois weight the common weight of England at what price soever, not exceeding five pound the quarter of wheate, shall be sold in the market and conteining divers orders and articles made and set forth by the right honourable the Lords and others of his Majesties most honourable privie Councell, for the making and assising of all sorts of bread lawfull and vendible, within this realme ... whereunto is prefixed a briefe and plaine introduction to the art of numeration ... And lastly hereunto is added. A true relation or collection of the most remarkeable dearths and famines which have happened in England since the comming in of William the Conquerour, as also the rising and falling of the price of wheate and other graine, with the severall occasions thereof
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Main Author: Penkethman, John (Author)
Other Authors: Marshall, William (Engraver, Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Printed by E[dward] G[riffine] and R. B[ishop] and are to be sold [at ye stationers shops, or at ye chamber of Iohn Penkethman .. in Simonds Inn in Chancerie lane] according to the direction in the frontispice 1638
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Item Description:A1r has "The names of the Lords and others of his Majesties most honourable privie Councell", the verso bears "The explanation of the frontispice"; A3r has "The composers premonition to the unlearned reader"; A4r bears the letterpress title. - Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. - STC (2nd ed.), 19598. - Signatures: A-L4. - With a final errata leaf. - With an additional title page, engraved, signed "Will: Marshall. sc: 1638", with imprint: London. Printed by R. Bishop & Edward Griffine, & are to be sold at ye stationers shops, or at ye chamber of Iohn Penkethman (ye composer) in Simonds Inn in Chancerie lane
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