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The man of business, [electronic resource] : and gentleman's assistant: containing a treatise of pra...

The man of business, [electronic resource] : and gentleman's assistant: containing a treatise of pra...

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The man of business, [electronic resource] : and gentleman's assistant: containing a treatise of practical arithmetic, Including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in which are Inserted, Many Concise and Valuable Rules, for the Ready Casting up of Merchandize, Never yet published in this Kingdom; book-keeping by single and double entry, The former upon an entire New Plan, Comprising A modern and approved Method of keeping Small Accompts, Dr. and Cr. in the Waste-Book only, Calculated for the Ease and Advantage of Retail Traders; Together with an essay on English grammar. Adapted to the Use of Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders, and Schools, By W. Perry, Master of the Academy at Kelso.

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The man of business, [electronic resource] : and gentleman's assistant: containing a treatise of practical arithmetic, Including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in which are Inserted, Many Concise and Valuable Rules, for the Ready Casting up of Merchandize, Never yet published in this Kingdom; book-keeping by single and double entry, The former upon an entire New Plan, Comprising A modern and approved Method of keeping Small Accompts, Dr. and Cr. in the Waste-Book only, Calculated for the Ease and Advantage of Retail Traders; Together with an essay on English grammar. Adapted to the Use of Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders, and Schools, By W. Perry, Master of the Academy at Kelso.

Publisher

Edinburgh : printed for the author, by David Willison: and sold by J. Murray, No. 32, Fleetstreet, London; J. Bell, Edinburgh; D. Baxter, Glasgow; T. Slack and W. Charnley, Newcastle; A. Graham, Alnwick; J. Richardson, Berwick; and G. Elliot, Kelso, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

Date

M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

Record Identifier

74Vvo4G7B7Kb

MMS ID

991013363989702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xiv,[2],184,12,18,70,27,[24],332-371,9,7,[2],8,8,1,1,[1],59,[1]p.,plate ; ; ; 8°.

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Publisher

Edinburgh : printed for the author, by David Willison: and sold by J. Murray, No. 32, Fleetstreet, London; J. Bell, Edinburgh; D. Baxter, Glasgow; T. Slack and W. Charnley, Newcastle; A. Graham, Alnwick; J. Richardson, Berwick; and G. Elliot, Kelso, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

Place of Publication

Scotland

Date Published

M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The man of business, [electronic resource] : and gentleman's assistant: containing a treatise of practical arithmetic, Including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in which are Inserted, Many Concise and Valuable Rules, for the Ready Casting up of Merchandize, Never yet published in this Kingdom; book-keeping by single and double entry, The former upon...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

The bookkeeping examples are separately paginated, sometimes in parallel.

With a list of subscribers.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T87434.

Alston, III.315.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vvo4G7B7Kb

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991013363989702626