Elementary principles of arithmetic; with their application to the trade and commerce of the United States of America. In eight sections. By Thomas Sarjeant, late master of the mathematical school in the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the city of Philadelphia. For the use of schools and private education. [One line in Latin from Horace]

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[4],iv,[1],6-95,[1],52p. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Dobson and Lang for the editor; and sold by T. Dobson, in Second Street, and by W. Pritchard, in Market Street, M.DCC.LXXXVIII [i.e., 1789]

Notes:

Half-title: Elementary principles of arithmetic and bookkeeping, etc.

"This work is designed as a first course of instructions .. and is laid before the public as a compilation only."--Preface.

Title vignette (intaglio).

"An introduction to the counting house; or A short specimen of mercantile precedents .. By Thomas Sarjeant. Intended as a supplement to the Elementary principles of arithmetic. .."--52 p., last count, with separate title page, dated 1789 (Evans 22127). "The Elementary principles of arithmetic, and the Introduction to the counting house, may be had, bound together, at half a dollar; or on fine paper at 5s."--p. [4], last count.

"The following errata in the Arithmetic, have been discovered since its publication."--p. 52, last count.

Local Notes:

Library copy: -p.l.;-"An introduction to the counting house"

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 21445; Evans 22127