Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion
Subtitle: Containing, I. Sir Samuel Morland's Perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. II. The years of each king's reign from the Norman conquest, compar'd with the years of Christ. III. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. IV. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins; wherein is a table of the assize of bread. V. A table wherein any [number of farthings,] half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; ... VI. The interest and rebate of money; the forebearance, discompt, and [purchase] of annuities. VII. The rates of post-letters, both in-land and out-land. VIII. An account of the penny-post. IX. The principal roads in England. X. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, ... XI. The usual and authorized rates or fairs of coach-men, carmen, and water-men. XII. Tables for casting up nobles, marks, guineas and broad gold
Contributors: Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695.; Falgate, Israel.
Edition: The seventh edition: to which [is] added, Interest in epitome; or tables, in a shorter method than any yet published, from 1 pound to 10 millions, at 5, 6, 7, and 8, per. cent. By Israel Falgate, at the Bank of England
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1976:8
Publisher: printed for Nath. Sackett, [at] the Heart and Bible in Cornhill
Published: 1699
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Ready-reckoners -- Early works to 1800; Roads -- England -- Early works to 1800; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800; Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Vade mecum; Necessary pocket companion; Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd; Perpetual almanack; Interest in epitome, or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd
Notes: Dedication signed: John Playford; dedication from sixth edition

"Interest in epitome: or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd" has a separate dated title page

With an advertisement

Title page is stained, affecting text

Reproduction of the original in the British Library

Wing (2nd ed.) P2508C

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1989. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1976:08).