Manuel du capitaliste ou comptes faits des intérêts à tous les taux, pour toutes sommes, de 1 à jusqu’à 366 jours (The Capitalist’s Handbook: Interest Calculations at All Rates, for All Sums, from 1 to 366 Days)

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8vo. Contemporary quarter brown calf over two-tone brown marbled boards, blue marbled endpapers. 21.7×14.5×3 cm. Garnier Freres. Paris. No date but circa 1880. 368 pp. Garnier, Joseph (supplementary notes); Remkiewicz, M. X. (calculation review), Vieville and Capiomont (printer). Good condition. Edges lightly worn, corners bumped and scuffed, leather scuffed and marked, pages toned, with intermittent foxing. French text. These types of publications would have helped accountants of the day avoid mistakes and reduced the time associated with manual calculations. An attractive conversation piece for any accountant. weight: 1.5 lb.