MEASUREMENT IN ANTIQUITY, 6 VOLUMES

i. Neander, Michael (1525-1595). Synopsis mensurarum et ponderum, ponderationis', que mensurabilium secundum Romanos, Athenienses, ex præstantissimis authoribus huius generis contracta… Basel: Johann Oporinus, 1555, 4to, later vellum-backed boards, (bought from Bruce Ramer, New York, 1989), [T&W N21; VD16 N341; USTC 604392] ii. Paetus, Lucas (1512-1581). De mensuris et ponderibus Romanis et Graecis cum his quae hodie Romæ sunt collatis libri quinque. Eiusdem variarum lectionum liber unus. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1573, folio, woodcut illustrations, later vellum-backed boards, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1991), [T&W P6; Ahmanson-Murphy 860; Edit16 48417; Renouard, Alde, 216, 11; USTC 847774], lacks indexiii. Henisch, Georg (1549-1618). De asse et partibus eius. Augsburg. David Franck, 1606, 8vo, 2 folding tables, later calf in period style, (bought from Rogers Turner, London, 1992), [T&W H102; VD17 23:304855V] iv. Cappel, Jacques (1570-1624). De Mensuris Libri Tres. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Richter & Levinus Hulsius, 1607, 4to, folding engraved table, later vellum, (bought from Martayan Lan, New York, 1993), [T&W C21; VD17 23:237799S]v. Brerewood, Edward (1565?-1613). De ponderibus, et pretiis veterum numerorum, eorumque; cum recentioribus collatione, liber unus. London: John Bill, 1614, 4to, old vellum, modern folding cloth box, ownership inscription of Bouhier, possibly Jean Bouhier (1673-1746), president of the Parlement of Burgundy, bookplate of Robert B. (1897-1987) and Marian S. Honeyman, sale in these rooms, 30 October 1978, lot 499, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles, Catalogue 250, item 49; bought from Ximenes, Kempsford, 1988), [T&W B246; ESTC S106408; STC 3612] vi. Bernard, Edward (1638-1696). De mensuris et ponderibus antiquis libri tres. Editio altera, purior et duplo locupletior. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1688, 8vo, 3 folding plates, eighteenth-century morocco, (bought from Paul Jammes, Paris, 1998), [T&W B140; ESTC R14059; Wing B1987]

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