M F Bywater edits: HISTORIC ACCOUNTING LITERATURE. Matthieu de la Porte

LA SCIENCE NEGOCIANS ET TENEURS DE LIVRES

      Paris 1704, facsimile by the Scholar Press & the Yushodo Press, London & Tokyo 1980. - Thick oblong octavo, plates . Lettered simulated vellum & grey boards. A superb facsimile. One of only 125 copies issued as part of a highly important set along with 49 similar works. [ Never before sold separately - only previously sold as part of complete sets to major world libraries ]. * the texts in the series HISTORIC ACCOUNTING LITERATURE expound and develop the art of book-keeping in the 350 years after Pacioli's seminal Summa de Arithmetica. They show how patterns and conventions were established, and how the following generations built on them in turn. As this body of knowledge accumulated, it became the framework for commercial dealings. Most of these works were intended for the instruction of students and apprentices, or for the use of book-keepers and merchants. The original copies are in the library of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in London, whose holdings in the fields of book-keeping and accountancy are the finest in the world. Most are of the utmost rarity & extremely fragile. Probably the only opportunity to acquire this text in a superbly produced edition, , whose original has so rarely been offered for sale in useful condition, and probably never will be again. Mint condition. [Attributes: Hard Cover]