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An essay towards the recovery of the Jewish measures & weights, : comprehending their monies; by help of ancient standards, compared with ours of England. Useful also to state many of those of the Greeks and Romans, and the eastern nations

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCLXXXVI. [1686]
Call number: 302058
Creator: Cumberland, Richard (1631-1718)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 8vo
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