A very useful manual, or, The young mans companion, containing plain and easy directions for spelling, reading and uniting English, with easy rules, for their attaining to writing, and arithmetick, and the Englishing of the Latin Bible without a tutor; likewise the plotting, and measuring of land, globes, steeples, walls, barrels, timber, stone, boards, glass, &c. The exchange of mony, weights and measures, purchase of annuities, leases, &c. Together with some secrets of navigation, astronomy, astrology, dialling, geometry, law, religion, physick, philosophers stone, ordering of bees, husbandry, &c. And several other considerable, and necessary matters; intended for the good of all, and for promoting love to one another. As by the table annexed particularly appears. Collected by William Mather.

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  • A very useful manual, or, The young mans companion, containing plain and easy directions for spelling, reading and uniting English, with easy rules, for their attaining to writing, and arithmetick, and the Englishing of the Latin Bible without a tutor; likewise the plotting, and measuring of land, globes, steeples, walls, barrels, timber, stone, boards, glass, &c. The exchange of mony, weights and measures, purchase of annuities, leases, &c. Together with some secrets of navigation, astronomy, astrology, dialling, geometry, law, religion, physick, philosophers stone, ordering of bees, husbandry, &c. And several other considerable, and necessary matters; intended for the good of all, and for promoting love to one another. As by the table annexed particularly appears. Collected by William Mather.
  • Young mans companion
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Imprint
London: printed by T. Snowden, and sold at the Bell in Exchange Alley, in Cornhil, 1681.
Publication year
1681-1681
ESTC No.
R36919
Grub Street ID
119174
Description
[6], 342, [2] 343-411, [13] p., : ill. (woodcuts) ; 12⁰
Note
With an index.

Errata: p. [13] at end.
Uncontrolled note
Catalogued from the original at the British Library