Bread.- Penkethman (John) Artachthos or A new booke declaring the assise or weight of bread not onely by troy weight, according to the law, but by avoirdupois weight the common weight of England at what price soever, engraved additional pictorial title by William Marshall (imprint: Printed by R· Bishop & Edward Griffine, & are to be sold at ye stationers shops, or at ye chamber of Iohn Penkethman (ye composer) in Simonds Inn in Chancerie lane), A3 'The composers premonition to the unlearned reader', tables, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, fragment only of the initial explanation of the frontispiece f., lacking final errata f., additional title trimmed within border and chipped, K2 torn with loss of text at lower corner, L2 torn at head with loss of text, some marginal tears / loss, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, lacking endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary gilt ruled panelled calf, covers with floral centre- and corner-pieces, upper joint splitting, but holding firm., some worming, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Goldsmiths' 689; Kress S.670; STC 19598], small 4to, Printed by E[dward] G[riffine] and R. B[ishop] and are to be sold according to the direction in the Frontispiece, 1638.*** A rare work at auction in any condition. The additional title depicts the various stages of bread production, from the milling of flour to the baking. The author was an accountant by trade, and also offered translation services from Latin. Provenance: John Hallett (18th century engraved armorial bookplate).