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LA PORTE (Mathieu de). La Science des negocians et teneurs en livres, ou instruction générale pour tout ce qui se pratique dans les comptoirs des négocians, tant pour les affaires de banque, que pour les marchandises, et chez les financiers pour les comptes. Paris, Cavelier & Osmont, 1704. In-8 oblong, grained calf, spine decorated, marbled edges (Binding of the period). Rare first edition of the first modern accounting manual published in France. This work, which has been reprinted many times, is divided into three treatises dealing respectively with single-entry bookkeeping, double-entry bookkeeping, and the entries used by merchants. Handwritten bookplates on one flyleaf: Rapin, and at the end of the volume: Ce livre apartien à moy qui ne suis ny Capucin ny pretre Mais en cas de perdition voilà son nom [biffé], fait à Thiers ce 3 8bre 1735. Covers and corners worn and missing, fine wetness at head, small marginal loss to last three leaves.
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