The Ready Reckoner, Or, Trader s Useful Assistant, Adapted to the Use of all who deal by Wholesale or Retail. Exhibiting at One View, The Amount or Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandize, from One up to Ten Thousand, At the Various Prices from I Farthing to I Pound.

Published by Salomon Myer for Mathew Carey, 1798

The Ready Reckoner, Or, Trader s Useful Assistant, Adapted to the Use of all who deal by Wholesale or Retail. Exhibiting at One View, The Amount or Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandize, from One up to Ten Thousand, At the Various Prices from I Farthing to I Pound. To Which are Prefixed, A Table of Interest at Six Per Cent. A Table of the Weight & Value of Coins, as they pass in the respective States of the Union, with their Sterling and Federal Value. A Table shewing the amount of Cents, &c. Printed by Salomon Myer for Mathew Carey, York (PA), Philadelphia, 1798, 191 pp, original tree calf leather, 6.75 x 4 , 18mo. In good condition. Front board fragile, joint is tender. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to corners and end bands. Slight loss at tail of spine. Spine is plainly ruled and free of any known labels. Front fly leaf is torn at right edge with light chipping overall to end papers. Edges soiled and speckled. Interior lightly toned with scattered age stain and damp stain. Slight loss of a few numbers at page 99-100. Mild foxing throughout. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. A handy mercantile tool for trading goods and merchandise printed for the publisher and economist Mathew Carey (1760-1839). These reckoners were extremely popular in early America. They were an essential tool in trades of every sort. Seller Inventory # RAREA1798BIJN

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ready Reckoner, Or, Trader s Useful ...
Publisher: Salomon Myer for Mathew Carey
Publication Date: 1798
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket