The purchasers pattern. In two parts. The first shewing the true value of the purchase of any parcel of land or houses, by lease or otherwise. Also new tables of interest and rebate at 6 per cent. The second part, shewing the measuring of land, board and timber, and the false rules and deceits of many therein. Also the gauging of all vessels, with many other rules about weights and measures, and several tables of accounts, with many other rules and tables of daily use for most men. The third edition, much enlarged by Henry Philippes.

People / Organizations

• Henry Phillippes (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for Thomas Pierrepont, at the Sun in Pauls Churchyard, 1656.

Publication year

1656-1656

ESTC No.

R21076

Grub Street ID

86841

Description

[16], 126, 123-240 p. : ill. (woodcuts), tables ; 12⁰

Note

The first leaf bears a printer's device on recto.

Quire G contains 14 leaves. It is signed G1, G2, unsigned (i.e. G1), G2, G3, G2 (i.e. G4?), G5. The text (but not the setting) of second G1v and second G2v are identical. The catchword "this" matches the first word on second G3r. Perhaps some of this quire was intended to be cancelled.

"The purchasers pattern: the second part" has separate dated title page (F7r); pagination and register are continuous.

Signatures: A? B-F?? G??(±G2,3) H?? I??(±I12) K??(±K12?) L??.

Uncontrolled note

Copy filmed and catalogued cropped at head, affecting page number following first page number 125. Verify that the next page is numbered 126