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1793 Ready Reckoner Using the Brand New Federal SystemIn Buying and Selling All Sorts of Commodities, Either Wholesale or Retail Adapted to the Federal Money; Shewing in One View the Amount or Value of Any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from Half a Cent to One Dollar and Upwards... Chestnuthill: Printed by Samuel Sower, 1793. First edition. Small 8vo [18 by 10 cm] collated in 4to, original full speckled calf; five gilt rules on the spine. (4), (124) pages; 5 folding printed tables. An important volume intended for merchants and others who needed to calculate prices and other values. Significant for being one of the very first to use the newly adopted Federal system. The publisher opines in the Introduction that "We cannot doubt but custom will soon give place to ... keeping our accounts in Eagles, Dollars, Dimes and Cents." Evans 25475. Sabin 23997. Lacking front blank flyleaf. Joints a bit weak and extremities rubbed, but generally very well-preserved. Very good or better. Estimate $500. Ex: Swann Auction Galleries, April 28, 1955. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15387 (realized $360).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11019 |
