M. Barrème - Le Livre des Comptes-Faits - 1771

Rare edition of this practical manual of commercial arithmetic intended mainly for merchants, traders, artisans and accountants of the eighteenth century, designed to facilitate daily calculations related to economic exchanges and common financial operations -

The work offers a wide series of ready-made calculation tables that help avoid long and complex operations, notably for price conversions, rules of proportion, interest, discounts, divisions of merchandise, wages and the measures of capacity or weight used in commerce -

Barrême develops a method based on simplifying calculations through the use of practical rules and systematic tables, making arithmetic accessible even to those who do not have advanced mathematical training -

The book also presents concrete examples drawn from mercantile life, illustrating situations such as wholesale and retail selling, commercial partnerships, debts, repayments or currency exchange operations between different currencies of the time -

M. Barrème - Le Livre des Comptes-Faits - 1771 - Les Libraires Associés -
Approximately 400 pages.

Good condition of the binding, volume in its full original morocco leather, wear from use, some minor defects on the boards and spine, damaged headcap, spine joints cracked, rubbed at the corners and edges, marbled edges, spine with ornate raised bands, gilded lettering on a piece of red morocco, cold-stamped borders framing the boards -

Good interior condition, browning, a beautiful vignette on the title page, volume enriched with numerous tables, marbled endpapers in fair condition, a pleasing copy -

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