Elementary principles of arithmetic
Subtitle: with their application to the trade and commerce of the United States of America. : In eight sections
By: By Thomas Sarjeant, late master of the mathematical school in the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the city of Philadelphia. ; For the use of schools and private education. ; [One line in Latin from Horace]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 21445; Early American imprints -- no. 22127
Publisher: Printed by Dobson and Lang for the editor; and sold by T. Dobson, in Second Street, and by W. Pritchard, in Market Street.
Published: 1789
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Arithmetic; Early works to 1900; Problems, exercises; Business mathematics
Notes: Half-title: Elementary principles of arithmetic and bookkeeping, etc.

"This work is designed as a first course of instructions ... and is laid before the public as a compilation only."--Preface.

Signatures: [A]² B-N⁴; [A]² B-G⁴.

Title vignette (intaglio).

"An introduction to the counting house; or A short specimen of mercantile precedents ... By Thomas Sarjeant. Intended as a supplement to the Elementary principles of arithmetic. ..."--52 p., last count, with separate title page, dated 1789 (Evans 22127). "The Elementary principles of arithmetic, and the Introduction to the counting house, may be had, bound together, at half a dollar; or on fine paper at 5s."--p. [4], last count.

"The following errata in the Arithmetic, have been discovered since its publication."--p. 52, last count.

Evans 21445

Evans 22127