Book-keeping moderniz'd: or, Merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form. : Wherein the theory of the art is clearly explained, and reduced to practice, in copious sets of books, exhibiting all the varieties that usually occur in real business. 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 exchange, 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 accounts kept by the factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and plantation accounts. VII. The produce and commerce of the tobacco colonies; with a specimen of the accounts usually kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping accounts proper for shop keepers or retailers. IX. The method of keeping the accounts of a land-estate. X. A dictionary, explaining abstuse words and terms that occur in merchandise. /
Mair, John,1702 or 1703-1769.
Clark, Edward,active 1799,former owner.StEdNL
Clark, John,active 1810,former owner.StEdNL
March, Michael Mepham,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh: : Printed for Bell & Bradfute, and William Creech; and sold by T. N. Longman, G. G. & J. Robinson, Cadell & Davies, and C. Dilly, London.,
MDCCXCVII. [1797]
First published as 'Book-keeping methodiz'd'.
ESTC
The recto of the front free endpaper has the manuscript inscription "Edward Clark's / 1799 / price 7-6 [...] Terril School / Edward / Westmoreland". The verso of the front free endpaper has the bookplate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. The bookplate also states that the copy was "purchased from the collection of the late Michael Mepham March 1994". The recto of the front flyleaf has the manuscript inscription "Edward Clark's Book / Terril School / Westmorland". The verso of the back free endpaper has the manuscript inscription "John Clark's Book / Terril School / 1810".
Bookkeeping
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