The Commercial Referee and Universal Cambist: A Compendium of Useful Memoranda for the Counting House, the Library, or the Portmanteau, Comprising Tables of English and Foreign Money...." [cont' in description below] by Wilden, J. Owen - 1858

London: Henry Kent Causton, 1858 Hardback, 105mm x 185mm tall (4" x 6.5" approx.). 116pp + (xv) "Useful Publications by Henry Kent Causton [with engraving of his premises in Gracechurch Street) . Signature of George Peel and blind-stamp of his residence, Brookfield House, Cheadle to the upper blank margin of the title-leaf. Blind-stamp impression of the bookseller, "Kelly, Market Street, Manchester", to the front free endpaper. Original brown cloth-covered boards, decorated in blind, with black-printed title-label laid down. Label rubbed and spine cloth reglued, otherwise good. George Peel was a famous engineer and also uncle to Sir Robert Peel. The subtitle continues: " Weights and Measures, Comparative and Proportionate; French Francs Reduced to Sterling Money, at Several Rates of Exchange; The Assay of Precious Metals; Foreign Exchanges; Memoranda on Bills of Exchange; and a Variety of Useful Information for Contingent Reference.". First Edition. Cloth. Good/No d/w. Sm 8vo.