Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 881: Handbook on arithmetic The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 881 3180183 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3180183 Handbook, with many examples, covering basic arithmetic; weights and measures; proportions; insurance on property; partnerships in trade and cropping; simple interest; money exchange; and geometry, for use in school. Examples for "Division of crops" include shares for employers, overseers, and slaves; other examples are based on trade with the West Indies. Handbook on arithmetic

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 74 leaves : 322 x 197 mm. bound to 324 x 202 mm Paper, 74; [iv], 1-134, [135-144]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with a second hand written over the first in some places. Illustrated with diagrams and a pen and ink drawing of a tree [back flyleaf]. Decorated tables, p. 14 Diagram, p. 34 Diagram, p. 125 Diagram, p. 126 Diagram, p. 127 Diagram, p. 129 Diagram, p. 130 Diagram, p. 132 Diagram, p. 136 Drawing, Tree, p. 143

Contemporary leather.

Written in Southampton County, Virginia, 1786 (p. 1) to 1791 (p. 142).

1786-1791 Southampton County (Va.) Arithmetic--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800 Codices Diagrams Handbooks Manuscripts, American--18th century