Brerewood (Edward) De Ponderibus, et Pretiis Veterum Nummorum, eorumque; cum recentioribus collatione, liber unus, first edition, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, text within ruled border, occasional light spotting, bookplate and ink names to pastedowns, contemporary limp vellum, preserved in custom drop back box, [Honeyman I, 499 (this copy); Tomash & Williams B246]; 4to, John Bill 1614. ⁂ The Honeyman copy of this work comparing the weights and coinage of the Jews, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, including chapters on the constitutions of the metals and alloys used among the ancients. The author was the first Gresham professor of astronomy and a distinguished mathematician and antiquary. Provenance: Jean Bouhier (1673-1746), president of the Parliament of Burgundy, inscribed "Bouhier" (listed in his manuscript library catalogue, Bibliotheca Buheriana; BU, Montpellier, Ms H19, fol. 156); Robert B. and Marian S. Honeyman (bookplate).
Brerewood (Edward) De Ponderibus, et Pretiis Veterum Nummorum, eorumque; cum recentioribus collatione, liber unus, first edition, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, text within ruled border, occasional light spotting, bookplate and ink names to pastedowns, contemporary limp vellum, preserved in custom drop back box, [Honeyman I, 499 (this copy); Tomash & Williams B246]; 4to, John Bill 1614. ⁂ The Honeyman copy of this work comparing the weights and coinage of the Jews, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, including chapters on the constitutions of the metals and alloys used among the ancients. The author was the first Gresham professor of astronomy and a distinguished mathematician and antiquary. Provenance: Jean Bouhier (1673-1746), president of the Parliament of Burgundy, inscribed "Bouhier" (listed in his manuscript library catalogue, Bibliotheca Buheriana; BU, Montpellier, Ms H19, fol. 156); Robert B. and Marian S. Honeyman (bookplate).
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