The ground of arts : teaching the perfect worke and practise of arithmeticke, both in whole numbers and fractions, after a more easie and exact forme then in former time hath beene set foorth: made by Mr. Robert Record Dr. in Physicke. Afterwards augmented by Mr. Iohn Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practise, abridged into a briefer method then hitherto hath beene published, with diuers necessary rules incident to the trade of merchandise: with tables of the valuation of all coynes as they are currant at this present time. By Iohn Mellis. Whereunto is added a compendium of interest, with a table of board and timber measure. Calculated by R.N. Gent. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated and inlarged; with an appendix of figurate numbers, and the extraction of their rootes: by Robert Hartwell, philomathematicus.

Author/creator Record, Robert
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAt London : Printed by I[ohn] B[eale] for Roger Iackson, 1618.
Description[27], 34-214, 217-408, 361-372, [3], 378-408, 393-520, [6], 27, [5] p., folded leaf
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Other author/creatorMellis, John, fl. 1588.
Other author/creatorNorton, Robert, d. 1635.
Other author/creatorDee, John, 1527-1608.
Other author/creatorHartwell, Robert.
Variant title Ground of artes
Variant title Third part or addition to this booke.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General notePrinter's name from STC.
General noteThe first leaf is blank.
General note² O4 is signed P1; ² P1 is cancelled.
General noteWith final advertisement and errata leaves.
General note"The third part or addition to this booke .. set forth by Iohn Mellis" has divisional title page; pagination and register are continuous.
General noteIncludes "A table of boord and timber measure" by Robert Norton, whose name appears on 2N5v.
General noteVariant: title page lacks the phrase "with tables of the valuation of all coynes as they are currant at this present time".
General noteReproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.
General noteCancellandum ² P1 present. Variant.
References STC (2nd ed.) 20807.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1581:7)
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