The ground of arts. . Teaching the perfect worke and practise of arithmeticke, both in whole numbers and fractions, after a more easie and exact forme then in former time hath beene set forth: made by M. Robert Record D. in Physick. Afterward, augmented by Mr. Iohn Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practise, abridged into a briefer method than hitherto hath beene published, with diuers necessary rules incident to the trade of merchandise: with tables of the valuation of all coynes, as they are currant at this present time: by Iohm [sic] Mellis. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated and enlarged ... with the true value of annuities ... first calculated by R. C. but corrected, and the latter diligently calculated by Robert Hartwell, philomathemat.
Robert Record (1510-1558)
Category
Books
Date
1632
Materials
Measurements
162 x 107 x 47 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074790
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26],620,[2]p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 8vo.. Imperfect; wanting all before p. [13] (sig. A7), including title page; title and imprint details from ESTC.. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on front fly-leaf, including: "John Wilkinson booke 1680. Pret: Đ0.-s.7-d.6", and on verso: "Benjamin Browne" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1664-1748]. manuscript annotations and marginalia throughout, including a number of ownership inscriptions, such as "James Moon booke finis 1663" (p. 169), "Christoforus Wallerus suus liber Amen so be it" (p. 241), "Richard Tomson booke 1664" (p. 265), "Elisabeth Yeates booke" (p. 319) and "James Cragg booke 1664" (p. 323) among many others. manuscript on rear fly-leaf: "George Birkhead booke".. Binding: Contemporary[?] goatskin binding, with double blind fillet border.
Makers and roles
Robert Record (1510-1558) John Dee (1527 - 1608) Robert Hartwell John Mellis (fl.1588)