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Compendium of Simple Arithmetic;

  • Publisher: Wallis, J. and J. Harris,
  • Published: 1803 , 16 Ludgate Street, and corner of St. Paul'sChurchyard. London.
64 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Printed by Bryer, Bridewell Hospital. Intricate typesetting, vertically as well as horizontally. Basic mathematical rules: addition, multiplication, division, money, weights and measures - of land, wine, ale, and beer - and time. Seven pages of 1795 'Bills of Sale' at end with invoices to add up - from the Cheesemonger's, Grocer's, Woollen Draper's, Linen Draper's, Milliner's, Mercer's, and Hosier's. Printed by J. Cundee, Ivy Lane. This title was one of ten volumes in a set called 'The Book-case of Knowledge, or Library for Youth' - in a wooden case lined with marbled paper. Rear inner hinge split and crudely repaired with transparent tape. Original cream endpapers. 62 x 97 mm. Original butterscotch paper-covered boards with a cream paper label to the upper panel. Spine with paper covering worn off. OCLC, 34510483. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide of this edition (Newcastle and Princeton University Libraries).

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