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Iardin de ensayadores que ensena a aquilatar, y dar el valor a la plata conforme a las reyes reales, paraque se ajusten a ellas los ensayadores, en el conocimiento de su valor. : Y assi mesmo se da ente[n]der, co mo [sic] el ensaye del oro, y de la plata tiene punto fixo, debajo de pesso, y cuenta.

Roxas Ruiz de las Eras, Miguel de, active 17th century · 1639 · Impreso en Lima; : Por Pedro de Cabrera; · 2 pictures

A 1639 Spanish treatise printed in Lima by Pedro de Cabrera under the name of Miguel de Roxas Ruiz de las Eras, a guide for assayers on valuing silver and gold against royal standards. The pictures are small woodcut devices: three crowns with a star above in the first, and a framed ornamental cartouche topped by a crown in the second, both printed in simple black line on cream paper.

Imprint 1639

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