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 Info | At 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 |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240916732 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mellis, John, fl. 1588. |
| Other author/creator | Norton, Robert, d. 1635. |
| Other author/creator | Dee, John, 1527-1608. |
| Other author/creator | Hartwell, Robert. |
| Variant title | Ground of artes |
| Variant title | Third part or addition to this booke. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Printer's name from STC. |
| General note | The first leaf is blank. |
| General note | ² O4 is signed P1; ² P1 is cancelled. |
| General note | With 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 note | Includes "A table of boord and timber measure" by Robert Norton, whose name appears on 2N5v. |
| General note | Variant: title page lacks the phrase "with tables of the valuation of all coynes as they are currant at this present time". |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library. |
| General note | Cancellandum ² P1 present. Variant. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 20807. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1581:7) |
| Stock number | CL0036000044 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |