Book-keeping methodiz'd : or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein the theory of the art is fully explained, and reduced to practice, by variety of suitable examples in all the branches of trade. To which is added, a large appendix, containing, I. Descriptions and specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by merchants. II. Monies and exchanges, the nature of bills of exchange, promissory notes, and bills of parcels. III. Precedents of merchants writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The commissions, duty, and power of factors. V. A short history of the trading companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the Tobacco Colonies; with a specimen of the accompts usually kept by the storekeepers. VII. A dictionary, explaining the abstruse words and terms that occur in merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mair, John, 1702 or 1703-1769.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business--Early works to 1800.

Business.

Bookkeeping--Early works to 1800.

Bookkeeping.

Physical Description:

xiv,288 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed by W. Sands, A. Murray; and J. Cochran, for W. Sands, and A. Kincaid & A. Donaldson, 1752.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a final advertisement leaf.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T63898.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.