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AGRICOLA, DE MENSURIS ET PONDERIBUS ROMANORUM ATQUE GRÆCORUM LIB V., BASEL, 1550
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description
- De mensuris et ponderibus Romanorum atque Graecorum lib V. De externis mensuris et ponderibus lib II. Ad ea, quae Andreas Alciatus denuo disputavit de mensuris et ponderibus, brevis defensio lib I. De mensuris, quibus intervalla metimur lib I. De restituendis ponderibus atque mensuris lib I. De precio metallorum et monetis lib III. Basel: (Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius), 1550
Folio (305 x 201mm.), printer's device on title-page and last leaf, woodcut initials and diagrams, with two blank leaves (q8 and z6), errata at end, seventeenth-century calf gilt, supralibros on front and back cover [Olivier 1241], speckled edges, binding slightly worn
Provenance
Collège des Bernardins / Monastère royal de Saint-Bernard des Feuillants, Paris, supralibros "Ex Bibliotheca Fuliensium Sancti Bernardi Parisiensis" and inscription on title; later ink stamp to title; Napoleonic red ink stamp to last leaf; bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1997
Literature
Tomash & Williams A43; USTC 600319; VD16 A918
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"Five additional essays, not part of the earlier 1533 Paris edition, are included here. These added essays are simply extensions of the earlier ones—except the last, De precio metallorum et monetis. This breaks new ground in discussing the price differential between gold and silver and the influence on the local economy of foreign as well as counterfeit money" (Tomash & Williams).