Edward Hatton, The Merchant's Magazine Dictionary of Merchandise and Trade (1699)

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Date
1699
Author
Lexicon title
A Dictionary, or Alphabetical Explanation of most difficult Terms commonly used in Merchandize and Trade
Book title
The Merchant's Magazine: Or, Trades-Man's Treasury. Containing I. Arithmetick in Whole Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal; with the Reason and Demonstration of each Rule: Adorn'd with curious Copper-cutts of the chief Tables and Titles. II. Merchants Accompts, or a most Concise Way of Casting up the Value of Merchandize, Tare and Trett, Interest of Coin, Rules of Barter, Loss and Gain, Fellowship, Equation of Payment, and several Matters relating to Exchange. Never before made publick. III. Book-keeping, after a Plain, Easie, and Natural Method; shewing how to Enter, Post, Close, and Ballance an Accompt, &c. IV. Maxims concerning Bills of Exchange, Factors and Factorage: The Law concerning Broker, &c. V. The Post of Letters to and from Foreign Countries; and the Days when Mails are sent to, and due from those Countries. VI. An Account of the Commodities produced by all Countries; Their chief Towns of Trade, and Bigness of the Country compar'd with England. VII. A Merchant or Trader's Dictionary, Explaining the most Difficult Terms used in Trade. VIII. Presidents of Merchants Writings ...
Edition
third
Publication place
London
Printer
J. Heptinstall
Publisher
Christopher Coningsby
Transcription source
British Library 1490.a.49
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
  • economy
  • navigation and the sea
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
223-39
Word-group
type: alphabetical
number: 336
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Leaky.] A Vessel is so, when it lets out any of the Liquor therein contained; Or a Ship is so when it lets Water come in. (p. 233)
Wing
H1148A
Catalog
  • Kennedy 8550a
  • Term Catalogues 3: 145, 280
Other editions
1695: Wing 1147 (lacking the dictionary);
1697: Wing H1148 (no EEBO images)