Vade mecum, or, The necessary companion ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Playford, John, 1623-1686?

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ready-reckoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 200 pages) : portrait

Other Title:

Vade mecum.

Necessary companion.

Perpetual almanack.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by A.G. and J.P. and are to be sold by R. Northcot, bookseller ... [and] by John Playford, printer ... and by Charles Blount, bookseller ..., 1679.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

(from t.p.) 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack ...

2. The computation of years ...

3. The reduction of weights and measures

4. The ready casting up any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, shillings, nobles and marks, with Sir Samual Morland's New table for guinneys

5. The interest, and rebate of money ...

6. The rates of post-letters ...

7. The rates of fares of coach-men, carr-men, and water men.

Notes:

Attributed to John Playford. Cf. BM; NUC pre-1956.

Reproduction of original in British Library.

Imperfect: portrait lacking on filmed copy.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 396:9) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing P2505

Contains:

Morland, S. (Samuel), Sir, 1625-1695. Perpetual almanack.

OCLC:

12994828

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.