Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion [electronic resource] : Containing, I. Sir Samuel Mor...
Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion [electronic resource] : 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.
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Publisher
London : printed for G. Sawbridge, at the Three Flower D'Luces in Little-Britain, 1699.
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Alternative title
Necessary pocket companion.
Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd.
Date
1699.
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Language
English
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Physical content
[8], 229, [15] p. : fold. table.
Publication information
Publisher
London : printed for G. Sawbridge, at the Three Flower D'Luces in Little-Britain, 1699.
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.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1699.
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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Full title
Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion [electronic resource] : 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...
Variant title
Perpetual almanack.
Interest in epitome, or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd.
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Notes
General note
Dedication signed: John Playford; dedication from the sixth edition.
Much of the almanac is engraved, with tavles.
"Interest in epitome: or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd" has separate dated title page.
With an advertisement.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Citation / References Note
Wing (2nd ed.) P2508B.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1976:07)
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74VvdgoV7PqA
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991005948379702626