Book-Keeping methodiz'd: or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein, the theory of the art is fully explained, and reduced to Practice, by Variety of suitable Examples in all the Branches of Trade. To which is added, a large appendix, Containing, I. Descriptions and Specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by Merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the Nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an Account of her Exports and Imports. VI. The Produce and Commerce of the Tobacco Colonies; with a Specimen of the Accompts usually kept by the Storekeepers. Vii. A Dictionary, explaining the abstruse Words and Terms that occur in Merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.

  • Mair, John, 1702 or 1703-1769.
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MDCCXLIX. [1749]
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Edinburgh : printed by W. Sands, A. Murray, and J. Cochran. Sold by W. Sands, and A. Kincaid, Edinburgh; and other Booksellers in Town and Country, MDCCXLIX. [1749]

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xiv,[2],288p. ; 80.

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The third edition, with additions and improvements.

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ESTC N15768

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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