A book of weights, measures, and moneys in use in various commercial ports and cities in Europe and elsewhere, late 17th century
Including Aleppo, Constantinople, Smyrna, the Ionian isles, the coast of Africa, Rome, and Surat. An alphabetical index of places is prefixed.
At the end (fol. 80b) are added, by another hand, "Twelve breife rules conteining the method of book-keeping".
Dates
- Creation: late 17th century
Extent
83 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 961
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 961.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13723.
Physical Facet
On paper, in duodecimo
Repository Details
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