Descripción

Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). Edition in English. 423 p., color and b/w ills. 650 copies were printed. Anatolian weights and measures. Anatolian Weights and Measures is the most comprehensive study ever made of weights and measures used in Anatolia from pre-history to the 20th century. Aspects covered include: Description of weighing and measuring equipment / Units of measurements used over the millenia. Ottoman laws concerning the introduction of the metric system, Glossary of terms relating to weights and measures used throughout the Ottoman Empire. The book is lavishly illustrated with over eight hundred photographs, Drawings and miniature paintings. All together 513 weights and other measuring equipment in the Suna & Inan Kiraç Mediterranean Civilizations Research Institute collection are illustrated in full color.