The Merchant’s Magazine; Or, Trades Man’s Treasury..
Rebound in half leatherover red boards; spine in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt. Foxing throughout and last twelve pages have margin damage with a little loss of text on 2m3.
£150.00
Details
THE EMERGING SCIENCE OF ECONOMICS
Publisher
Printed by J. H. for Chr. Coningsby, at the Ink-bottle, over-against Cliffords-Inn-Gate in Fetter-lane, Fleetstreet; and Dan. Midwinter, at the Three Crowns in St. Paul's Church-Yard,,
Place
London
Date
1707..
Synopsis
Containing, i. arithmetick in whole numbers and fractions, vulgar and decimal; with the reason and demonstration of each rule; adorn'd with curious copper-cuts of the chief tables and titles. ii. merchants accompts, or a most concise way of casting up the value of merchandize, tare and trett, interest of coin, rule of barter, loss and gain, fellowship, equation of payments, and several matters relating to exchange, never before made publick. iii. book-keeping, after a plain, easie and natural method, shewing how to enter, post, close and ballance an accompt, &c. iv. maxims concerning bills of exchange, factors and factorage: the law concerning brokers, &c. v. the post of letters to and from foreign countries; and the days when mails are sent to, and due from those countries. vi. an account of the commodities produced by all countries: their chief towns of trade, and bigness of the country compared with england. vii. a merchant or trader's dictionary, explaining the most difficult terms used in trade. viii. precedents of merchants writings; as, bills of lading, invoyces, bills of exchange, letters of credit, charter-parties, &c. with many other things not extant before, as by the table of contents appears. accommodated chiefly to the practice of merchants and tradesmen: but is likewise useful for schools, bankers, diversion of gentlemen, business of mechanicks, and officers of the queen's custom and excise. the sixth impression corrected and improved. by e. hatton, philomathemat.
Item Description
4to. 6.5 x 8 inches. [xviii] + 270 pp. + publisher's advertisement. Register and pagination irregular but the letterpress text is complete.
Illustrations
Illustrated by portrait frontispiece and by 9 copper engraved calligraphic plates. Frontispiece and subtraction plate lacking in this copy and replaced by photocopies.
Notes
This comprehensive guide to mercantile activities and finance management includes methods of practical arithmetic and book-keeping as well as tables and guidelines for foreign currency and bills of exchange. First published in 1695, it was clearly produced with international commerce in mind. Chapter xii 'Sheweth the Product or Commodities produc'd by all the Countries in the World.' We discover that 'Russia, or Muscovy produceth chiefly Fine Leather, Furrs, Martins, Sable... Turkey in Asia produceth, Raw Silk, Cotton-Wool, Druggs, as Opium, Gauls, Rubarb... China and Tonquin, produceth chiefly Gold, Silver, precious Stones, Proceline Dishes, China-ware... America produceth chiefly... Whale Oyl, Stock-Fish...Tobacco, Furrs, Indigo, Ginger...' and so on. Hatton supplies a list of the rates for posting letters abroad and also provides a mercantile dictionary with many foreign trading terms. The finely engraved calligraphic plates included in the work are a charming addition, with birds, fish and a figure incorporated into the examples of calculations.
[Stock No. 23003]
