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 forth: made by Mr. Robert Record Dr. in Physick. Afterward, 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. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated and enlarged; ... with tables of board and timber measure; and new tables of interest vpon interest, after 10 and 8 per 100; with the true value of annuities to be bought or sold present, respited, or in reuersion: the first calculated by R.C. but corrected, and the latter diligently calculated by Robert Hartwell, philomathemat.
| Author/creator | Record, Robert |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by Tho. Harper, for Iohn Harison, and are to be sold by Richard More, in S. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street, 1631. |
| Description | [26], 620, [2] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240881716 |
| 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. |
| Other author/creator | R. C. |
| Variant title | Ground of artes |
| Variant title | Third part or addition to this booke. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| 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 board and timber measure .. by R. Norton". |
| General note | Imperfect; pages 361-366 torn; pages 354-371 from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library spliced at end. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Wales. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 20808.5. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1691:05) |
| Stock number | CL0036000048 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |