The assise of bread, newly corrected and enlarged, from twelue pence the quarter of wheat, vnto three pound and sixe pence the quarter, according to the rising and falling of the price thereof in the market, by sixe pence altering in euery quarter of wheate
Subtitle: together with sundrie good and needfull ordinances for bakers, brewers, inholders, victuilers, vintners, and butchers: and also other assises in weights and measures, which by the lawes of this realme, are commanded to be obserued and kept by all manner of persons, as well within liberties as without. Whereunto are also added sundry good & needful orders in making and retailing all kinds of lawfull bread, vendible vnto her Maiesties subiects in the common wealth: agreeing with the statutes, lawes, and auncient orders and customes of this realme of England. The which statutes and ancient orders and customes for marketing and retailing of all lawfull sorts of bread, as aforesaid, haue beene heretofore seene, allowed, and are commanded to be kept, by the right honourable the lords and others of the Queenes Maiesties honourable priuie counsell
Series: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature -- no. 297.3-1 suppl; Making of the Modern World
Publisher: Printed by Iohn Windet, dwelling at Powles wharfe, at the signe of the Crosse Keyes.
Published: 1600
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Bread; Prices; Early works to 1800; Ale; Bakeries; Law and legislation; Weights and measures
Other titles: Booke of assise
Work titles: Assize of Bread
Notes: Preface to magistrates signed: Iohn Powell; preface to readers signed: Io. Powell.

Collation: A-F⁴ G² [$2 (+AE3, D1) signed]

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman and italic type.

Initials, some historiated; head and tail pieces.

Side notes.

Prices of wheat and loaves of bread in various sizes are listed in columns, with woodcut illustrations of bread making at head of columns, B3 verso - D3 recto.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 00297.3-1, suppl.

STC (2nd ed.) 874

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T258

Kress Lib., 235

Received Feb. 9, 1914.

On front flyleaf, price notation in a 19th century hand. On title page, initials (of former owner?) crossed out and "1846 ... N51157". Copy imperfect; closely cropped with some loss of text along the top edge of table; Title page worn, with some loss of text. Also lacking first blank leaf.

Copy imperfect; lacking signature G.

Half bound in 19th century red grained morocco and marbled paper covered boards.