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. Together with the carpenters plain and exact rule: shewing how to measure carpenters, joyners, sawyers, bricklayers, ... Likewise the pracitcal gauger made easy: the art of dialling, ... to which is added, the family's best companion: with instructions for marking on linen; how to pickle and preserve; ... and also, a compleat treatise of farriery; ...By George Fisher, accomptant.
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- Imprint
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London: printed for Charles Hitch, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-row, M.DCC.XL. [1740]
- Publication year
- 1740-1740
- ESTC No.
- N70484
- Grub Street ID
- 51061
- Description
- xii, 380, [4] p., plate ; 12⁰
- Note
- With two final advertisement leaves.
Frontis = plate.Subject Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.
Dialing -- Early works to 1800.
Gauging -- Early works to 1800.