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Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #11Institutionum Chronologicarum Libri II

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Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

Institutionum Chronologicarum Libri II

Author:

Beveregium, Guilelm [Beveridge, William]

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Thomas Roycroft

Date Published:

1669

Description:

[viii], 259, [4] pp. (4to) 7½x5½, disbound with a portion of the period calf spine remaining. First Edition.

Beveridge was an expert on the scholarly languages and his Institutiones chronologicarum was the result of twelve years study. The second section, 'Arithmetices chronologicae', besides calendrical calculations, gives an account of Roman, Hebrew, Sumarian, Greek, Syriac, Arabic and Ethiopian number systems, with typeset characters in tables and in the text. Wing B2095

Condition:

Covers and blanks lacking, spine chipped; browning and light chipping to a few leaves at the front and rear without loss of text; occasional marginalia in an early hand; else very good and worthy of restoration.

Item#:

184360

Headline:

Wm. Beveridge Institutionum Chronologicarum 1669
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