Hoock\/Jeannin II\/B9.14 with different collation; not in Einaudi, Kress or Goldsmiths.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition.<\/p>\n
Fran\u00e7ois-Bertrand Barr\u00eame (1638-1703) was a mathematician, “arithmetician and poet” and one of Colbert’s prot\u00e9g\u00e9s. He wrote several works on accounting, including G\u00e9om\u00e9trie servant \u00e0 l’arpentage<\/i> and Le Grand banquier<\/i>. His magnum opus, the Livre des comptes faits<\/i>, was published in 1689: it was this book that made his name famous and gave rise to the French term “bar\u00e8me”, which is still used today.<\/p>\n
“[Fran\u00e7ois-Bertrand] Barr\u00eame avait le g\u00e9nie de la publicit\u00e9 et il ouvrit au coin de la rue Quincampoix une sorte d’acad\u00e9mie du commerce o\u00f9 il donna toutes sortes de consultations. Son petit-fils Jean-Nicolas devrait \u00eatre le premier de Law et perfectionna le syst\u00e8me de comptabilit\u00e9 mis au point par son grand-p\u00e8re” (Henri Jean-Martin, Livre, pouvoirs et soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, II, p. 870).<\/p>\n
This editin contains the following sectinos: -les barr\u00eames pour l’int\u00e9r\u00eat au deneir 20 qui est \u00e0 5 pour cent, ou un Sol pour livre; les tarifs pour diviser sans avoir appris la divisions; les tarifs utiles et g\u00e9n\u00e9raux servant \u00e0 toutes sortes de marchands, pour l’apr\u00e9ciement de leurs marchandises [notamment pour calculer le profit] ; changes tant pour cent est l’int\u00e9rest dont ce servent les financiers & les marchands; l’\u00e9ch\u00e9ance de lettres de change; la m\u00e9thode & la mani\u00e8re pour faire par l’addition toute sorte d’impositions, de contributions & departements au sol la livre. The introduction is preceeded by an anagramme and by a poetry composed by Barr\u00eame himself.<\/p>\n
The fine engraved forntispiece had already been sued to illustrated the edition of Livre n\u00e9cessaire \u00e0 toute sorte de Conditions<\/i> (Paris, La Reynie, 1671). Nice copy, well preserved, albeit a paper defect on leaf f3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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