A table, shewing the value of any quantity of goods, . from the price of half a farthing to 20s. the pound, ounce, ell, yard, &c. With the addition of some particular prices above that value. Intended chiefly for the ready reducing guineas, moidores, and other Portugal pieces of gold, into pounds, shillings, and pence. To which are added, tables of simple interest ... Together with a table of commission or brokage ... Exactly calculated, and carefully examin'd, by W. Webster, writing-master and accomptant: ...
William Webster (c.1684 - 1744)
Category
Books
Date
1734
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3054091
Summary
Bibliographic description
7,[1],160,96p. . long 12mo.. Provenance: Monogram on end flyleaf: JC [not identified; too early for Sir John Cust the Speaker, (1718-70)?]. Bookplates: Sir Thomas Drury of Overstone (1712-59) (armorial; pencil identification of arms by 1st earl Brownlow); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). MS inscription on Drury bookplate: Lord Brownlow Library of Belton House [=1st baron Brownlow, Drury's son-in-law]. Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 100.. Binding: Calf, double gilt rules (eighteenth-century).
Makers and roles
William Webster (c.1684 - 1744)