Very rare merchant's guide. This popular handbook gives rates of exchange for many European currencies, rules for basic math, instructions on bookkeeping for companies, and a number of lists, including notable items for the numbers 1-12, religious orders in chronological order by date of foundation, major events in European history, distances from Lisbon to other cities in the Iberian Peninsula, and chronological lists of all popes and Portuguese kings. This revised and expanded fourth edition is very rare; it has only been on the market once before in the past 100 years, and is only available in a few libraries. Although six editions of this popular handbook have been published, the present edition is the only one to have been dedicated to Alexandre Metello de Sousa e Menezes (1687-1766), a Portuguese judge and ambassador, who made diplomatic visits to Brazil, the Dutch East Indies, and China.
With the round black "IHS" (library) stamp on the title-page. The vellum is somewhat stained and the turn-ins are loosening, causing tears in the pastedowns, without affecting the binding any further. The work is browned and slightly foxed throughout, with a water stain in the top outer corner of pages 111-118 and 175-182, including he final blank leaf and back pastedown, the lower outer corner on page 41 has been restored, with minimal loss of text (1 number). Otherwise in good condition. Kress library of business and economics, catalogue supplement, S.3767; Porbase 2829282, 2829312 (2 copies); WorldCat 65355159 (1 copy); cf. Innocencio III, p. 290 (later ed.); not in Barbosa Machado; Iberian books.