Vade mecum: or, The necessary companion
Subtitle: Containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many usefull tables proper thereto. 2. The years of each king's reign from the Norman Conquest compar'd with the years of Christ. 3. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower. gardens. 4. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins; wherein is a table of the assize of bread. 5. A table where any number of farthings, half-pence, pence or shillings, are ready cast up; ... 6. The interest and rebate of money; the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 7. The rates of post-letters, both in-land and out-land. 8. An account of the penny-post. 9. The principal roads in England, ... also the market-towns, on each road, with the days of the week the markets are kept on; ... 10. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, ... 11. The usual and authorized rates or fares of coachmen, carmen, and watermen
Contributors: Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695
Edition: The fifth edition, with new additions
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2035:28
Publisher: printed by W. Horton for T. and G. Sawbridge, at the sign of the three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain
Published: 1692
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Ready-reckoners -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Vade mecum; Necessary companion
Notes: Dedication signed: John Playford

With a preliminary contents leaf

Much of the almanac is engraved

At foot of title page, outside border: William Badham

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library

Wing (2nd ed.) P2508

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1990. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2035:28).