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A collection of several authentick accounts of the history and price of wheat, bread, malt, &c. From the coming in of William the Conquerour To Michaelmas 1745. With some occasional remarks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penkethman, John.
- Standardized Title:
- Artachthos
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bread.
- Bakers--Great Britain.
- Bakers.
- Famines--Great Britain.
- Famines.
- Bakers and bakeries--Great Britain.
- Bakers and bakeries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([10],3,[5],25-30,[4],27-60,[3],62-79,[3]p.,plates )
- Other Title:
- Collection of several authentick accounts of the history and price of wheat,
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for W. Warden, and sold by C. Davis, over against Gray's-Inn Gate, Holbourn, 1748.
- Notes:
- A reissue of the 1745 edition with a different titlepage and frontispiece.
- The frontispiece title reads 'Artachthos or a new book declaring the assize or weight of bread'.
- Dedication signed: John Penkethman.
- After p.60 a second titlepage reads: 'A true relation of the most remarkable dearths and famines'.
- With a final leaf of advertisements.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T6640.
- OCLC:
- 642661265
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