Description
The first edition of The Federal or New Ready Reckoner, and Traders Useful Assistant by Daniel Fenning.
Slim octavo, [unpaginated]. Rebound in full brown morocco, thin gilt bands along spine. New endpapers. Stated “The First Edition” on title page. Strong binding, faint wear throughout, small chips to leaves along fore edge. Previous ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. Complete with five fold-out charts at rear. (Evans 25475) (Sabin 23977) An important work for merchants, aiding in the exchange of currencies and interests amidst the establishment of the United States.
Full title reads: The Federal Or New Ready Reckoner, And Traders Useful Assistant; In Buying And Selling All Sorts Of Commodities, Either Wholesale Or Retail Adapted To The Federal Money; Shewing At One View The Amount Or Value Of Any Number Or Quantity Of Goods Or Merchandise, From Half A Cent To One Dollar And Upwards Either By Weight Or Measure, Together With Interest Tables &c. In So Plain And Easy A Manner That Persons Quite Unacquainted With Arithmetic, May Hereby Ascertain The Value In Federal Money, Of Any Quantity Of Goods In Weight Or Measure, At Any Price Whatever.
