The merchant's magazine or, trades-man's treasury. Containing I. Arithmetick in Whole Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal; with the Reason and Demonstration of each Rule: Adorn'd with curious Copper-Cutts of the chief Tables and Titles II. Merchants Accompts, or a most Concise Way of Casting up the Value of Merchandize, Tare and Trett, Interest of Coin, Rule of Barter, Loss and Gain, Fellowship, Equation of Payments, and several Matters relating to Exchange, Never before made Publick. III. Book-Keeping, after a Plain, Easie and Natural Method shewing how to Enter, Post, Close and Ballance an Accompt; &c. IV. Maxims concerning Bills of Exchange, Factors and Factorage: The Law concerning Brokers, &c. V. The Port of Letters to and from Foreign Countries; and the Days when Mails are sent to, and due from those Countries. VI. An Account of the Commodities produced by all Countries; Their chief Towns of Trade, and Bigness of the Country compar'd with England. Vii. A Merchant or Trader's Dictionary, Explaining the most Difficult Terms used in Trade. Viii. Precedents of Merchants Writings; as, Bills of Lading, Invoyces, Bills of Exchange, Letters of Credit, Chapter-Parties, &c. With many other Things not Extant before, as by the Table of Contents appears. Accommodated chiefly to the Practice of Merchants and Trades-Men: But is likewise useful for Schools, Bankers, Diversion of Gentlemen, Business of Mechanicks, and Officers of the King's Custom and Excise. The fourth edition corrected and improv'd. By E. Hatton, Gent

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Hatton, Edward
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed by J. M. for Chr. Coningsby, at the Golden-Turk's-Head and Ink-Bottle near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet; and Tho. Leigh and Dan. Midwinter, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1701, MDCCI. [1701]
Subjects:	Accounting / Early Works To 1800 Business / Early Works To 1800 Commerce / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0446900300?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa