The mercantile manual second book : Concerning decimal arithmetick containing a copious series of tables & tariffes, for universal mercantile computations: fit for use in all countries of the world, which do exhibit and show. The amount product and quotient, for any quantity and infinit[i]m: at all rates and prices, of merchandizes & publick stocks &c. Moneys and exchanges. Sums &c with so much ... pbt. advance. Sums &c by so much........pbt discount. Net interest, commssion &c at....pbt. net discount & robate at....pbt. compound interest for sums annuities & yours purchase billion of gold and silver and most of all other objects of trade and comerce. The whole engravd on copper plates & exactly corrected, By Mr. James Lostau. merchant in London. Publd according to act of Parliament July 1739.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lostau, James, -1735.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business--Early works to 1800.

Business.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages,257 pages, 1 unnumbered page,261-341,341-342,342-434,441-448,443-446 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

[London] : [publisher not identified], 1735.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

In this issue the first three words are "The mercantile manual".

Engraved throughout.

The leaf between pp. [258] and 261 (present in some copies) is blank.

Engraved by I. Clark (signed on the final p. 446).

With a frontispiece serving as a half-title.

Text is continuous despite erratic pagination.

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 Cambridge University Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T200451.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.