The Hand-Book of Trade and Commerce; Or, a Concise Dictionary of the Terms and Principles of Trade &C.

The Hand-Book Of Trade And Commerce; Or, A Concise Dictionary Of The Terms And Principles Of Trade &C. This 1840 reference work is a compact, alphabetically arranged Handbook for merchants, traders, bankers, and lawyers. It compiles essential terms across trade, commerce, manufactures, commercial law and common law, supplemented by tables of money, weights, and measures. The book functions as a practical reference rather than a treatise, offering concise definitions, cross-references, and historical notes. The entries cover topics from Abandonment to Zinc, including banking (Bank of England, joint-stock banks, savings banks), finance (bills of exchange, insurance), conveyancing (bail, attachments), and customs and warehouse regulations, with numerous example clauses and statutory citations. It presents a Victorian-era snapshot of mid-19th-century commercial life: public markets, taxation, shipping, import-export controls, currency systems, and the development of British commerce and law. The work remains a valuable historical resource for understanding 19th-century trade language and legal-economic concepts.