Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion. Containing, I. Sir Samuel Morland's Perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. II. The years of each king's reign from the Norman Conquest, compar'd with the years of Christ. III. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. IV. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins; wherein is a table of the assize of bread. V. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; ... VI. The interest and rebate of money; the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. VII. The rates of post-letters, both in-land and out-land. VIII. An account of the penny-post. IX. The principal roads in England. X. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, ... XI. The usual and authorized rates or fairs of coach-men, carmen, and water-men. XII. Tables for casting up nobles, marks, g

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  • Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion. Containing, I. Sir Samuel Morland's Perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. II. The years of each king's reign from the Norman Conquest, compar'd with the years of Christ. III. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. IV. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins; wherein is a table of the assize of bread. V. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; ... VI. The interest and rebate of money; the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. VII. The rates of post-letters, both in-land and out-land. VIII. An account of the penny-post. IX. The principal roads in England. X. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, ... XI. The usual and authorized rates or fairs of coach-men, carmen, and water-men. XII. Tables for casting up nobles, marks, g
  • Vade mecum; Necessary pocket companion; Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd
  • Interest in epitome, or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd.; Perpetual almanack.
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London : printed for G. Sawbridge, at the Three Flower D'Luces in Little-Britain, 1699. The seventh edition, to which is added, Interest in epitome; or tables, in a shorter method than any yet published, from 1 pound to 10 millions, at 5, 6, 7, and 8, per. cent. by Israel Falgate, at the Bank of England.; ..
Added name
Falgate, Israel. Interest in epitome, or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd.; Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695.
Publication year
1699
ESTC No.
R217617
Grub Street ID
92387
Description
[8], 229, [15] p. : fold. table ; 4°.
Note
Dedication signed: John Playford; dedication from the sixth edition

Much of the almanac is engraved, with tables

"Interest in epitome: or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd" has separate dated title page

With an advertisement

Horizontal chain lines; dimensions 21 x 9 cm.
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