@article{881668,
      recid = {881668},
      author = {Mair, John,},
      title = {Book-keeping methodiz'd; or, A methodical treatise of  merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form Wherein  the theory of the art is fully explained, and reduced to  practice, by variety of suitable examples in all the  branches of trade. To which is added, a large appendix.  Containing I. Descriptions and specimens of the subsidiary  books used by merchants. II. Monies and exchanges, the  nature of bills of promissory notes, and bills of parcels.  III. Precedents of merchants writings, peculiar to England,  Scotland, and common to both. IV. The commission, duty, and  power of factors. V. A short history of the trading  companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports  and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the sugar  colonies; with a specimen of the accompts kept by the  factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and  plantation accompts. VII. The produce and commerce of the  tobacco colonies; with a specimen of the accompts usually  kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping  accompts proper for shopkeepers or retailers. IX. A  dictionary, explaining abstruse words and terms that occur  in merchandise. By John Mair, A.M. [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Printed by W. Sands, A. Murray, and J. Cochran, for W.  Sands, A. Kincaid & J. Bell, and A. Donaldson,},
      address = {Edinburgh :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 416, [2] p.)},
      year = {1765},
      note = {With a final advertisement leaf.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/881668},
}