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Doctrina de ponderibvs, monetis, et mensvris per totvm terrarvm orbem vsitatis, ex probatissimis scriptoribvs conquisita, examinata, & in aphorismos ac tabellas redacta

Angelocrator, Daniel, 1569-1635 · 1628 · Francofvrti, Typis I.-N. Stoltzenbergeri: sumptibus I. Berneri · 16 pictures

Doctrina de ponderibvs, monetis, et mensvris is a 1628 Latin treatise on weights, coins and measures used across the world, written by Daniel Angelocrator and printed at Frankfurt for scholars and merchants. Its pictures are small woodcut and engraved devices, a decorative roundel, hand-drawn lobed world maps in gores, and a coin-like emblem with a fleur-de-lis cross ringed by letters, suggesting ornamental borders, antique map layouts, and emblematic seals for a designer.

Weights and measures

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