The instructor: or, Young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies both in prose and verse. How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Also merchants accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties and market-towns in England and Wales; with a list of fairs according to the new stile. Together with the method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen; with the description of Gunter's line, and Coggeshall's sliding-rule. Likewise the practical gauger made easy; th

People / Organizations

• George Fisher accomptant (Author)
• Catherine Ware ("printed for")

Imprint

London : Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, H. Woodfall, J. Fuller, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder and Co. B. Law and Co. H. Woodgate and S. Brooks, and C. Ware, M.DCC.LX. [1760] The sixteenth edition corrected and improved.; ..

Publication year

1760

ESTC No.

N29083

Grub Street ID

18273

Description

xii,384p. ; 12°.

Note

Price on title page: Price 2s. 6d.

Uncontrolled note

May have plates or ill. This edition not in Alston. L copy ends on p.384, and also has plates and ill. ESTC/NA queried on pag. 4/95