Versuch in Handlungs-Briefen, und grössern kaufmännischen Aufsätzen, nach den Gellertschen Regeln. Nebst Abhandlung von dem guten Geschmack in Handels-Briefen. ... Neueste, verbesserte rechtmässige Auflage by MAY, Johann Carl - 1789

Lübeck: verlegts Iversen und Comp. (bey Johann Samuel Heinsius). 1789. Contemporary calf backed boards (rubbed) 8vo . New corrected edition of this handbook dealing with composing business and other related commercial letters and documents which was one of influential of the period. Includes templates for reports, petitions, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds, redemption certificates, receipts, etc.The author uses various practical examples in his lessons such as measurements of Maryland tobacco (p. 163) or peppers from Bali (165). 12, [2], 248 pp. With etched frontispiece of author in his study with a port visible outside his window and the figure of Mercury handing him a message. Light browning and foxing. Several owner's signatures on the front flyleaf. § Nickisch 228; cf. Kress p. 4632