Arithmetic, in the Plainest and Most Concise Methods Hitherto Extant With New Improvements, for Dispatch of Business, in all the Several Rules

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 324 pages; London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1796. Duodecimo in period full calf, gilt rules and gilt-tooled red morocco title label to spine. Mild splitting to the leather along the front joint but boards soundly attached. Apparently lacking a preliminary half-title; front flyleaf present. Light damp lines to front endpapers and to the top front corner of the last 30 or so leaves. Shallow incidental creases to the top front corner of about 20 leaves mid-text. Light rubbing and wear to leather at spine ends and corners. Expected scattered light toning and spotting to the page stock. Numerous worked examples and solutions throughout. Uncommon late 18th-century reprinting of Fisher’s long-running commercial arithmetic manual, probably following the text of the 12th/13th editions but issued without an edition statement. VG-.