Agricola,G. Lot n° 1

Libri quinque de mensuris & ponderibus. Basel, Froben 1533. 4°. Mit 2 Holzschn.-Druckermarken. 292 S., 2 Bl. Prgt. d. Zt. mit hs. Rtit. (Etw. berieb., Vdeckel etw. wurmspurig). VD16 A 916. - Über die Maße und Gewichte der Römer und Griechen. "The work can hardly be called an arithmetic, but... it is a valuable book of reference on the history of ancient measures... The book is also valuable to the student of Roman and Greek numerals, and of the various symbols of measures. Such works explain the origin of certain systems of measures employed before the metric system was developed, and of such symbols as are still used by apothecaries" (Smith). - Buchblock gelockert, hint. flieg. Vors. gelöst, vord. Innenspiegel etw. wurmspurig, etw. gebräunt u. stockfl.