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[Trade] ANONYMOUS. The plate-glass-book, consisting of the following authentic tables. I. The Value of any Looking-Glass when finished and fit for framing By a Glass-House Clerk. The Second Edition, Enlarged. To Which Is Added The Compleat Appraiser. London, Printed for the author and sold by E. Wicksteed, John Bennet, Nathaniel Hill, Chris. Stedman, and John Goater, 1758.

Second, enlarged edition of this popular handbook (first 1757) offering an accurate set of tables for assessing value of plate glass, mirrors, and other household goods.
$3,350


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ANONYMOUS. Il Nuovo Computista pei Commercianti ridotto alla massima facilità. . Milano, Cartaro Stampatore Candido Bucinelli, [1811.].

Rare ephemeral pocket book giving the exchange rates between Milan and various Italian city-states or regions as well as the most commonly encountered European currencies.
$2,650


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Rare Second Edition


PERI, Giovanni Domenico. Il Negotiante. Venice, Stamperia di Giovanni Giacomo Herz, 1649.

Rare second and expanded edition (first Genoa 1638) of this general mercantile primer by the Genoese Peri, a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of a businessman/merchant's duties and responsibilities.
$4,000


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LIBERTÉ DÉMOGRAPHIQUE! THE FIRST MODERN DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY
—CONSCRIPTION BEFORE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION


POMMELLES, Chevalier de. Tableau de la population de toutes les provinces de France, et de la proportion, sous tous les rapports, des naissances, des morts & des marriages depuis dix ans, d’après les registres de chaque Généralité. Paris, 1789.

Very rare first edition of de Pommelles’ groundbreaking study of the population of France and its bearing on provincial militia quotas, important for the application of statistics to the study of large groups.
$3,350


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