Charles Arbuthnot. Published by J. Tonson, the Strand, London, 1727. First Edition: 228 x 285mm. 12 pages (not numbered) + 327 pages + 38 leaves printed on one side only, the last of which is a fold-out (452 x 285mm) table of “Assays Weights & Values of Several Foreign Silver Coins, This rest section of this last consists of English measures of length, and Grecian, Roman, and Scriptural measures of length translated into English units. English square (area) measures, measures of capacity, Wine measures, corn measures. Dry and liquid Roman, Greek and Jewish measures of capacity ‘translated’ into English measures. English Troy weight, etc.

Good, or better. Binding tight. light tan half calf and old (original?) marbled paper covers on stout boards. Professionally rebacked in the 1980s with raised bands with neat gilt-lettered burgundy labels. Edges worn. Some foxing, particularly the first dozen pages. With the bookplate of Bernard Coorlander. First editions of this book are rare.