Lot 188
Weights & Measures.- Greaves (John) The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd, printed for W. Payne, 1745; and 21 others, most weights & measures (22)
Hammer Price: £700
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Weights & Measures.- Greaves (John) The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd. By their near agreement with such standards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramids, woodcut illustration of a chalice, lower corner of title clipped, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, printed for W. Payne, opposite Durham-Yard, 1745 § Swinton (John, Lord) A proposal for uniformity of weights and measures in Scotland, by execution of the laws now in force. With tables of the English and Scotch standards, and of the customary Weights and Measures of the several Counties and Boroughs of Scotland, second edition, half-title, some pencil calculations, spotted, lightly browned, 20th century morocco-backed cloth, spine little faded, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 13796], Edinburgh, for Peter Hill and John Murray, 1789; and 20 others, most weights & measures, v.s. (22)
Description
Weights & Measures.- Greaves (John) The origin and antiquity of our English weights and measures discover'd. By their near agreement with such standards that are now found in one of the Egyptian pyramids, woodcut illustration of a chalice, lower corner of title clipped, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, printed for W. Payne, opposite Durham-Yard, 1745 § Swinton (John, Lord) A proposal for uniformity of weights and measures in Scotland, by execution of the laws now in force. With tables of the English and Scotch standards, and of the customary Weights and Measures of the several Counties and Boroughs of Scotland, second edition, half-title, some pencil calculations, spotted, lightly browned, 20th century morocco-backed cloth, spine little faded, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 13796], Edinburgh, for Peter Hill and John Murray, 1789; and 20 others, most weights & measures, v.s. (22)
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