The merchant's magazine: or, trades-man's treasury. : Containing vulgar arithmetick in whole numbers, with the reason and demonstration of each rule, adorn'd with curious copper cutts of the chief tables and titles: also vulgar and decimal fractions, after a new, easie and practical method. Merchants accompts, or rules of practice; shewing how to cast up the value of merchandize, and to make allowance for tare and trett, more compendiously than hath hitherto been made publick; with tables of foreign coin in Sterling, and a large table for reducing the one to the other: also foreign weight and measure compar'd with the English, and the weight and value of the currant gold of this Kingdom: likewise, rules of barter, loss and gain, rules of fellowship, and equating time of payment. Also how to find the simple or compound interest of any summ for any time, and a table of simple interest (for one day or upward) at any rate of interest; usefull for those concerned in the Bank of England. Book-keeping, after a plain, easie and natural method; shewing how to enter, post, close, and ballance any accompt, &c. And lastly, maxims to be observed in drawing, and accepting bills of exchange, foreign or domestick, &c. With many other things throughout the whole, not extant before. Accommodated chiefly to the practice of merchants and tradesmen: but is likewise usefull for schools, bankers, diversion of gentlemen, the business of mechanicks, land-waiters, and other officers of their Majesty's Customs and Excise. /
Hatton, Edward, 1664?
Martin, Joannis S.,former owner.StEdNL ICAS.371
Huish, George,active 1725,former owner.StEdNL ICAS.371
Scott, James,M .D.,former owner.StEdNL ICAS.371
London, : Printed for, and sold by Chr. Coningsby, at the Golden Turk's-Head, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street,,
1695..
ESTC
Wing (2nd ed.),
Front pastedown has the bookplate "Liber Joannis S. Martin". The front pastedown, the recto of the title page, and the back pastedown have the manuscript signature of "Geo Huish 1725". The front pastedown also has the manuscript signature of "James Scott, M.D.
Business
Arithmetic
Bookkeeping