The gentleman's complete book-keeper : containing, I. Rules and directions for keeping books after the modern way. II. Examples of various Kinds of Books for keeping an Accompt of Landed Estates, Rents of Houses, &c. in the most concise and eligible Manner. III. The current Prices of Church and Laymens Estates all over England, whether in Fee, or Copyholds, Leaseholds, Lives, Widowhoods, enfranchising Copyholds, changing of Lives, Advowsons, Reversions, &c. IV. Methods whereby a Gentleman may cast up the Value of any of the above-named Estates by Common Arithmetick. V. Advice about Purchases in general. VI. A specimen of a rental book, Cash Book, Journal and Leger, of an Estate kept after the Merchants Way of keeping their Books, commonly called the Italian Method, or Double Entry. Written Originally for the Use of his own Pupils, By Richard Hayes, accomptant, In Queen-Street, Cheapside. Author of the Negotiators Magazine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Richard (Accomptant and writing-master)

Contributor:

Hayes, Richard (Accomptant and writing-master).

Series:

Making of the Modern World, Part I : The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850.

The Making of the Modern World, Part I : The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bookkeeping--Early works to 1800.

Bookkeeping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 268 pages)

Other Title:

Gentleman's complete book-keeper

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Noon, at the White Hart, near Mercers Chapel in Cheapside, M.DCC.XLI. [1741]

Contents:

Containing I. Rules and directions for keeping books after the modern way

II. Examples of various kinds of books for keeping an account of landed estates, rents of houses, &c. in the most concise and eligible manner

III. The current prices of church and laymens estates ...

IV. Methods whereby a gentleman may cast up the value of any of the above-named estates by common arithmetick

V. Advice about purchases in general

VI. A specimen of a rental book, cashbook, journal and leger of an estate kept after the merchants way of keeping their books, commonly called the Italian method, or double entry.

Notes:

"Written originally for the use of his own pupils."

Rev. ed. of the author's Modern book-keeping, 1739. Cf. Pref.

Advertisement (1 p.) between viii and ix.

Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 07856.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T109835.

Related Work:

Hayes, Richard (Accomptant and writing-master). Modern book-keeping.

OCLC:

65345282