Vade mecum, or, The necessary pocket companion.
| Author/creator | Playford, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The 18th ed., carefully corr., with additions and improvements, to which is added, Interest in epitome, or, Tables in a shorter method than any yet published, from 1 pound to 10 millions, at 3, 4, 5, and 6 per cent. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for R. Ware ... [et al.], 1753. |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, 268 pages ; 4to. |
| Supplemental Content | Available to subscribing institutions |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Containing I. Sir Samuel Moreland's Perpetual almanack ... -- II. Directions relating to the purchasing and measuring of land -- III. Remarkable fairs in England ... -- IV. The years of each King's reign from the Norman conquest to this time ... -- V. Directions for every month in the year ... -- VI. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins ... -- VII. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence or shillings, are ready cast up ... --VIII. The interest and rebate of money, the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities -- IX. The rates of post-letters ... -- X. An account of the penny-post -- XI. The principal roads in England -- XII. The names of the counties, cities, and borough towns in Great-Britain ... -- XIII. The usual and authorized rates or fares of coachmen, carmen, and watermen -- XIV. Tables for casting up nobles, marks, and guineas. |
| General note | Preface signed : John Playford. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. |
| General note | Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 08772. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Vade mecum. |
| Other title | Necessary pocket companion. |
| LCCN | nuc87681233 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |