The book is dedicated to the King (George I or George II), in a poem by Charles Arbuthnot (son of John Arbuthnot).
References
ESTC, T96634
Summary Note
The text consists of four dissertations: A Dissertation containing the Principles and Authorities upon which the Tables are founded; A Dissertation of Roman Money Affairs; A Dissertation concerning the Navigation of the Ancients; A Dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians.
The plates are engraved tables.
Reproductions
Microfilm versions were published in 1997 (London: British Library) (Neg. PB.Mic.40262), and 1974 (New Haven, CT: Research Publications).
Provenance
This book belongs to a group of about ten duplicates from the Royal Library that were evidently presented privately to the Academy, most probably through King George III's Librarian Richard Dalton early in 1769, during the period when expenditure on books for the Academy's fledgling Library was being met directly from the royal Privy Purse. Recorded in A Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802).
Binding Note
18th-century red morocco, upper and lower covers having gilt borders and royal arms of Britain and 'GR' gilt-stamped in centre; rebacked in 20th century, spine decorated in gilt in 18th-century manner, lettered 'Arbuthnot's Tables Of Ancient Coins' and '1727'.
Subject
Coins - Coins, Greek - Coins, Roman - Money - Weights and measures - Weights and measures, Greek - Weights and measures, Roman - Weights and measures, Jewish - Weights and measures, Arab - Prices - Navigation - Medicine - History
Manuals - Tables - Great Britain - 18th century
Armorial bindings - Great Britain - 18th century