The newest young man's companion, : containing, a compendious English grammar. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies both in prose and verse. Letters on compliment, business, and several other occasions. Forms of indentures, wills, testaments, letters of attorney, bills, receipts, releases, acquittances, &c. Arithmetic and book-keeping, in an easier way than any yet published. A compenduim of geography, describing all the empires, kingdoms, and dominions of the whole world. To which is added a description of the several counties of England and Scotland, their produce, market-towns and market-days. The management of horses. Being directions for travellers to prevent and cure most distempers which are incident to horses. The art of painting in oil and water colours, with directions for colouring maps and gilding with gold. Tables shewing accounts ready cast up; the value of foreign gold; and the two great roads from Edinburgh to London. The exports and imports of Great Britain to and from foreign nations. A list of English manufactures, &c. And an English spelling dictionary. The whole calculated to qualify persons for business without the help of a master, and illustrated with a map of the world. /
Wise, Thomas,accountant.
Sprot, Alexander,active 1767,former owner.StEdNL
Berwick, : Printed and sold by R. Taylor, and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland,
M DCC LXII.. [1762]
Titlepage in red and black.
Variant: titlepage in black only.
Not in Alston
ESTC
Provenance: Inscription on front free endpaper: Alexander Sprot 1767 Dundee.
Letter-writing
Arithmetic
Geography
Accounting
Horses
Painting
English language
English language