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 indeatures, 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 carpenter's plain and extract rule: shewing how to measure carpenter, 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 Gunter's line, and Coggeshall's description of the sliding-rule. Likewise the practical gauger made easy; the art of dia

People / Organizations

• George Fisher accomptant (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for S. Birt, at the Bible and Balt in Ave-Maria-Lane, M.DCC.LV. [1755] The thirteenth edition revised and corrected.; ..

Added name

Rose, James, active 18th century. Gentleman and farmer's new guide.

Publication year

1755

ESTC No.

T194266

Grub Street ID

228235

Description

xii,384p.,plate ; 12°.

Note

'The gentleman and farmer's new guide' is anonymous. By James Rose

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

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = plate. Punctuation before 'and a compleat treatise'? This edition not in Alston