Authentic accounts of the history and price of wheat, bread, malt, &c. from the coming in of William the Conqueror, to Michaelmas 1745 : and also a true relation or collection of the most remarkable dearths and famines, which have happened within the said time : likewise the rising and falling of the price of wheat and other grain, from time to time, with the several occasions thereof briefly set down.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penkethman, John.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grain--Prices--Great Britain--History.

Grain.

Bread--Great Britain--Weights and measures.

Bread.

Famines--Great Britain--History.

Famines.

Food supply--Great Britain--History.

Food supply.

Bread--Prices--Great Britain--History.

Bread--Prices.

History.

Weights and measures.

Grain--Prices.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for R. Davis, 1765.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

First published in 1638 under title: Artachthos, or, A new booke declaring the assise or weight of bread.

Numerous errors in paging.

The Epistle dedicatorie signed: John Penkethman.

A true relation or collection of the most remarkable dearths and famines, which have happened within this realme since the coming in of William the Conqueror to Michaelmas 1745: P. [61]-79.

Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10088.4.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

Contains:

Penkethman, John. True relation or collection of the most remarkable dearths and famines, which have happened within this realme since the coming in of William the Conqueror.

OCLC:

65351076

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