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[Gent - coins - medicine] - Der Cooplieden Handboucxkin [and] D'onghevaluweirde gauden ende relve...

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[Gent - coins - medicine] - Der Cooplieden Handboucxkin [and] D'onghevaluweirde gauden ende relve...
[Gent - coins - medicine] - Der Cooplieden Handboucxkin [and] D'onghevaluweirde gauden ende relveren munte (...) [and] Jaermaertten. Gent, Joos Lambrecht, 4 Aug. 1545, 3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo, later boards, marbled endpapers, [46]-[64]-[4] pp. (lacking B4-5 (Pt.I) and quires C and H (Pt. II); somewhat browning, title margins strenghtened, some (damp)stains). Good copy. € 200/300 Incomplete copy (like most copies recorded), containing 3 (of 5) parts of this succesfull handbook for merchants. Present are: (a) calendar, medieval advice "Cort onderwys van ter Adere bloed te laten", survey of valid gold and silver coins; (b) survey of invalid coins; (c) "Jaermaertten", survey of annual fairs. Parts (d) on weights and measures, and (e) "Een gulden Register" on arithmetics are not bound with the present copy. Woodcut mark on titlepages. General title and calendar printed in red and black. 2 woodcuts (i.a. Aderlassmann), 616 woodcut ills. of coins and medals (Pt.II). Ownership entry and erased stamp on front flylvs. Ref. Machiels, Boekdrukkunst Gent no. 144(= Machiels K-287). Vanderhaeghen, Bibl. gantoise I 80-81 no. 79 (parts a, b, e). Not in Adams, STCDutch (BL London).