Debtor and Creditor Made Easie: Or, a Short Instruction for the attaining the Right Use of Accounts after the Best Method used by Merchants.

Monteage, Stephen

Published by Printed by John Richardson for Ben. Billingsley, London, 1682

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Second edition of this rare accounting book;ÂoneÂofÂtheÂearliest in published in English forÂaÂgeneralÂaudience. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut frontispiece portrait of the author within a rich botanical border. In very good condition. Scarce. "Most of the writings on accounting then available were written for wealthy merchants, who kept a variety of journals, cash books, petty-charge lists, and invoice registers. Ordinary people were not familiar with such procedures, and if they kept accounts at all they probably used a charge-discharge system. Monteage's treatise addressed middle-class merchants. They were advised to keep detailed accounts in a simplified system, based only upon two records, a 'waste' book, or record of first entry, and a general ledger, where these entries were reconciled in a double-entry system" (DNB). Seller Inventory # 103485

Bibliographic Details

Title: Debtor and Creditor Made Easie: Or, a Short ...

Publisher: Printed by John Richardson for Ben. Billingsley, London

Publication Date: 1682

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition