Lucae Paeti ... de mensuris, et ponderibus Romanis, et Graecis

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BOOK ONE.
On Roman and Greek measures, with which intervals were measured.

BOOK TWO.
On the measures with which surveyors and architects measure intervals and buildings in Rome today.

BOOK THREE.
On Roman and Greek measures of liquids and dry goods, and their weight.

BOOK FOUR.
On the measures of liquids and dry goods which we use in Rome now, compared also with those of the ancients by weight.

BOOK FIVE.
On Roman and Greek weights, compared also with the weights of our time.

BOOK SIX.
The verses of Virgil, explained and defended by Pliny:
Pray for humid solstices and clear winters,
O farmers. In winter, the dust is most joyful for the wheat.
On the quality of the year 1569.
On the quality of the year 1570, and on weevils and bindweed.
On the number of days which, since the intercalation of the Dictator, appear to have slipped by and should be deducted.
On the restoration of the channel of the Aqua Virgo.
Added at the end of the fifth book are diagrams of the foot, weights, and several vessels and marbles.
Likewise, at the end of the fifth book, the verses of Rhemnius Fannius Palaemon, which contribute in a marvelous way to the understanding of measures and weights.

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