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[Preston's] treatise on book-keeping, or Arbitrary rules made plain. Adapted to the use of academies and common schools; with varied examples, accompanied with detailed explanations... [the first part being designed for the use of mechanics of all classes; the second, arranges more particularly for the instruction of young men who contemplate the pursuit of mercantile business. Showing the method of keeping accounts by double entry: embracing a variety of useful instruction relative to different kinds of business.]

Title
[Preston's] treatise on book-keeping, or Arbitrary rules made plain. In two parts. Adapted to the use of academies and common schools; with varied examples, accompanied with detailed explanations... [the first part being designed for the use of mechanics of all classes; the second, arranges more particularly for the instruction of young men who contemplate the pursuit of mercantile business. Showing the method of keeping accounts by double entry: embracing a variety of useful instruction relative to different kinds of business.]
Author
Preston, Lyman, 1795-1882
Publication
New York, Robinson, Pratt & co., 1842.

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Robinson, Pratt & Co. publisher.
Alternative Title
  • Preston's treatise on bookkeeping
  • Treatise on book-keeping
  • Arbitrary rules made plain
Subject
  • Bookkeeping
  • Accounting
  • Tonnage > Tables
  • Volume (Cubic content) > Tables
  • Weights and measures > Tables
Genre/Form
  • Instructional and educational works
  • Manuals (Handbooks)
  • Tables (Data)
Indexed In (note)
  • Bentley, H.C. Bibliography of works on accounting by American authors,
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
OCLC
  • 78902082
  • SCSB-10929471
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library