The youth's familiar guide to trade and commerce, as it is now actually practised by the most eminent merchants. Containing Every Thing necessary to be known for carrying on any Branch of Business with Pleasure and Profit. I. The five fundamental Rules of Arithmetic, and the Principles on which they are founded fully explained. II. The Rule of Three, or Doctrine of Proportion, applied to Trade. III. The Rule of Practice, or short Methods of finding the Value of any Quantity of Goods. IV. The Rule of Fellowship, single and double. V. The Doctrine of Exchange; in which the real and imaginary Monies of the principal trading Places in Europe, the Par of Exchange, and the Course or current Price of Exchange, are considered and explained. VI. The Art of Book-Keeping, according to the Ital. Method. Vii. Various Forms of Acquitances and Promissory Notes. Viii. Bills of Exchange, both inland and foreign, with the Manner of noting and protesting them, when Acceptance or Payment is refused. IX. B

People / Organizations

• Daniel Fenning (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for S. Crowder, at No. 12, Pater-Noster-Row, M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]

Publication year

1772-1772

ESTC No.

T133069

Grub Street ID

181941

Description

[12],228p. ; 12⁰

Note

Braces in imprint.