BOOK-KEEPING METHODIZ'D; OR, A METHODICAL TREATISE OF MERCHANT-ACCOMPTS, ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN FORM
Edinburgh: W. Sands, A. Murray, and J. Cochran, 1765. Eighth Edition. Octavo, xiv, 416 pages, [2] ads; G-; bound in contemporary full calf, missing label to paneled spine; moderate rubbing, wear, and scraping to boards, lower rear hinge with some minor peeling; large ink stain to fore edge, from title page through page 65, with six small ink stains also present; lacking front endpapers; large tide-marks to the upper edge, primarily on the first and last third of the volume, smaller tide-marks to the lower edge; name and date in ink to front pastedown, name in ink to title page; With a final advertisement leaf.; shelved case 10.
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ESTC: N15770;
Title continues: "Wherein the theory of the art is fully explained, and reduced to practice, by variety of suitable examples in all the branches of trade. To which is added, a large appendix. Containing I. Descriptions and specimens of the subsidiary books used by merchants. II. Monies and exchanges, the nature of bills of promissory notes, and bills of parcels. III. Precedents of merchants writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The commission, duty, and power of factors. V. A short history of the trading companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the sugar colonies; with a specimen of the accompts kept by the factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and plantation accompts. VII. The produce and commerce of the tobacco colonies; with a specimen of the accompts usually kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping accompts proper for shopkeepers or retailers. IX. A dictionary, explaining abstruse words and terms that occur in merchandise. ";