The general shop book [electronic resource] : or, the tradesman's universal director. Being a most useful and necessary compendium to lie upon the counter of every shopkeeper, whether Wholesale or Retail, in Town or Country. Comprehending and Explaining The Domestic and Foreign Trade of Great Britain and the Plantations, whether carried on by Companies or private Persons; and the several Trades and Professions exercised at home; the various Commodities and Manufactures exported and imported to and from the different Countries of the World; the Course of Exchange, the Ballance of Trade, the Business of the Custom-House and Water-Side, Invoices, Entries, Insurances, Bottomree, Coins, Weights, Measures, &c. Likewise, The Distance of all the Market Towns in England, from London, their Fairs and Markets, the Inns where their Carriers and Coaches put up, and the Days they come in and go out. With a Map of the Roads, a Plan of London, a Chart of the Sea Coast, and many other useful Particulars.
1753
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The general shop book [electronic resource] : or, the tradesman's universal director. Being a most useful and necessary compendium to lie upon the counter of every shopkeeper, whether Wholesale or Retail, in Town or Country. Comprehending and Explaining The Domestic and Foreign Trade of Great Britain and the Plantations, whether carried on by Companies or private Persons; and the several Trades and Professions exercised at home; the various Commodities and Manufactures exported and imported to and from the different Countries of the World; the Course of Exchange, the Ballance of Trade, the Business of the Custom-House and Water-Side, Invoices, Entries, Insurances, Bottomree, Coins, Weights, Measures, &c. Likewise, The Distance of all the Market Towns in England, from London, their Fairs and Markets, the Inns where their Carriers and Coaches put up, and the Days they come in and go out. With a Map of the Roads, a Plan of London, a Chart of the Sea Coast, and many other useful Particulars.
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London : printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Paternoster-Row; J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, M,DCC,LIII. [1753]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[460]p.,plates : maps ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title.
Final sig. = n5.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Final sig. = n5.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Kress, 5264
English Short Title Catalog, T107024.
English Short Title Catalog, T107024.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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