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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Vade mecum: or, The necessary companion
:
Containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many usefull tables proper thereto. 2. The years of each king's reign from the Norman Conquest compar'd with the years of Christ. 3. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower. gardens. 4. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins; wherein is a table of the assize of bread. 5. A table where any number of farthings, half-pence, pence or shillings, are ready cast up; ... 6. The interest and rebate of money; the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 7. The rates of post-letters, both in-land and out-land. 8. An account of the penny-post. 9. The principal roads in England, ... also the market-towns, on each road, with the days of the week the markets are kept on; ... 10. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, ... 11. The usual and authorized rates or fares of coachmen, carmen, and watermen
imprint:
London: printed by W. Horton for T. and G. Sawbridge, at the sign of the three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain, 1692
Ann Arbor, Mich: UMI, 1999
Reproduction note:
Electronic reproduction; Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2035:28)
Origination:
Footnote:
Much of the almanac is engraved
Dedication signed: John Playford
Wing (2nd ed.), P2508
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library
With a preliminary contents leaf
At foot of title page, outside border: William Badham