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Author Playford, John, approximately 1655-1685 or 6.
Title Vade mecum: or, The necessary companion : Containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many useful 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 wherein 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 inland and outland. 8. An account of the penny-post. 9. The principal roads of 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.
Alternative Title Vade mecum
Necessary companion.
Tables for the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities.
Uniform title Perpetual almanack.
Publication Info London : printed by A.G. for Tho. Sawbridge, at the Sign of the three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain, 1687.
Edition The fourth edition, much enlarged.



Descript [8], 208, 203-207, [3] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (table)
Edition The fourth edition, much enlarged.
Note Dedication signed by John Playford.
[3] p. at end = advertisements.
With initial table of contents.
Gathered in 4's.
Divisional title page on pg. 165: Tables for the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities, ..
Copy is either misbound or microfilmed out of sequence; microfilmed at end of text are 10 leaves, and pgs. 152-153, 178-179, 180-181 are filmed with breaks between them, possible where the leaves are.
Reproduction of the original at the Bodleian Library.
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Author Playford, John, approximately 1655-1685 or 6.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Ready-reckoners -- Early works to 1800.
Roads -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695.
Alternative Title Vade mecum
Necessary companion.
Tables for the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities.
Uniform title Perpetual almanack.
Descript [8], 208, 203-207, [3] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (table)
Edition The fourth edition, much enlarged.
Note Dedication signed by John Playford.
[3] p. at end = advertisements.
With initial table of contents.
Gathered in 4's.
Divisional title page on pg. 165: Tables for the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities, ..
Copy is either misbound or microfilmed out of sequence; microfilmed at end of text are 10 leaves, and pgs. 152-153, 178-179, 180-181 are filmed with breaks between them, possible where the leaves are.
Reproduction of the original at the Bodleian Library.
Author Playford, John, approximately 1655-1685 or 6.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Ready-reckoners -- Early works to 1800.
Roads -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695.
Alternative Title Vade mecum
Necessary companion.
Tables for the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities.
Uniform title Perpetual almanack.

Subject Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Ready-reckoners -- Early works to 1800.
Roads -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [8], 208, 203-207, [3] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (table)
Note Dedication signed by John Playford.
[3] p. at end = advertisements.
With initial table of contents.
Gathered in 4's.
Divisional title page on pg. 165: Tables for the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities, ..
Copy is either misbound or microfilmed out of sequence; microfilmed at end of text are 10 leaves, and pgs. 152-153, 178-179, 180-181 are filmed with breaks between them, possible where the leaves are.
Reproduction of the original at the Bodleian Library.
Alt author Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695.

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