Vade mecum, or The necessary companion: containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack, readily shewing the day of the month, and moveable feasts and terms, for any year past, present, or to come, curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. 2. The years of each king's reign from the Norman conquest compar'd with the years of Christ 3. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. 4. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins, wherein is a table of the assize of bread. 5. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; of great use to all traders. 6. The interest and rebate of money; the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 7. The rates of post-letters, both inland and outland. 8. The principal roads of England, shewing the distance of one town from another in measured and computed miles, and the distance of each from London; also the market-

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  • Vade mecum, or The necessary companion: containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack, readily shewing the day of the month, and moveable feasts and terms, for any year past, present, or to come, curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. 2. The years of each king's reign from the Norman conquest compar'd with the years of Christ 3. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. 4. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins, wherein is a table of the assize of bread. 5. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; of great use to all traders. 6. The interest and rebate of money; the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 7. The rates of post-letters, both inland and outland. 8. The principal roads of England, shewing the distance of one town from another in measured and computed miles, and the distance of each from London; also the market-
  • Necessary companion
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Imprint
London: printed for J[ohn]. P[layford]. and sold by Thomas Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1683.
Publication year
1683-1683
ESTC No.
R218278
Grub Street ID
92955
Description
[8], 207, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : tables (metal cuts) ; 4⁰
Note
Dedication signed: John Playford.

Publisher's name from Wing CD.

Narrow quarto: gathered in 4s; chain-lines horizontal; 18.5 cm. high, 8 cm. wide.Citation/references Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P2506A