A NEW SYSTEM OF MERCANTILE ARITHMETIC; Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in its domestic and foreign relations with forms of accounts and other writings usually occurring in trade

Walsh, Michael

Published by Cushing & Appleton, Salem, 1818

About this Item

12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 4th edition, 1818, stated. About good. 12mo., vii, (i), 13-276, with 2 pages of ads at the rear. Bound in full period leather, with title on a black morocco lagel on the spine. The boards are scuffed, scratched and pitted, with part of the title label worn off. Childish doodling and penmanship practice on the paste down and title page till about page 13. The title page is chipped, and attached at the top only. foxing throughout. *** An important book for a business man of the industrial revolution, or domestic/ international shipper/trader sailing from Boston to own. It explains concepts and gives the formulas for simple interest, compound interest, rule of three, volume and tare weights, exchange, cordage, biquadrate roots, mercantile precedents, and many, many more. ***.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A NEW SYSTEM OF MERCANTILE ARITHMETIC; Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in its domestic and foreign relations with forms of accounts and other writings usually occurring in trade
• Publisher: Cushing & Appleton, Salem
• Publication Date: 1818
• Binding: Leather
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business & Economics